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Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
- '1st vaccine shipment marks initial step toward return to normal life'
- Feb 24,2021
- Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun (second from right) on Feb. 24 watches the first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines leave the manufacturing facility of pharmaceutical manufactur...
- COVID-19 screening clinics slated in 14 areas with many foreign workers
- Feb 22,2021
- The government from Feb. 21 set up screening clinics for conducting COVID-19 field inspections in 14 areas known to have many foreign workers to better contain the pandem...
- COVID-19 vaccinations to begin late this week with Pfizer's vaccine
- Feb 22,2021
- Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Feb. 21 gives a speech at a meeting on the COVID-19 response held at Government Complex-Seoul. (Yonhap News) By Oh Hyun Woo and Kim Mi...
- President visits plant for making syringes to inject vaccine
- Feb 19,2021
- President Moon Jae-in (center) on Feb. 18 inspects low dead space syringes on a production line of the medical device manufacturer Poonglim Pharmatech in Gunsan, Jeollabu...
- WHO OKs AstraZeneca vaccine made in Korea for emergency use
- Feb 16,2021
- World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Feb. 15 told an online media briefing that his organization approved the emergency use of t...
- Add'l vaccines for 23M people secured from Novavax, Pfizer
- Feb 16,2021
- The government on Feb. 16 announced that multinational pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and Novavax will supply additional vaccines against COVID-19 for 23 million people, me...
- Restaurants, cafes allowed to run until 10 pm amid eased restrictions
- Feb 15,2021
- Korea Rail Corp. and Supreme Railways from Feb. 15 will sell tickets for aisle seats. From Dec. 8 last year, both companies had adopted the government's recommendation of...
- Korean-made KF94 masks gaining popularity in US
- Feb 10,2021
- Korean-made KF94 masks are growingly popular in the U.S. because of comfort and efficiency. The photo above is of KF94 masks for sale at a supermarket in Korea. (Yonhap N...
- Current account surplus rose 26% last year despite COVID-19
- Feb 05,2021
- The current account surplus last year rose to USD 75.28 billion despite the pandemic. The photo shows the wharf Sinseondae at the Port of Busan filled with containers in ...
- Forbes: Korea shows OECD how to respond to COVID-19
- Jan 31,2021
- The U.S. business magazine Forbes on Jan. 29 posted a column lauding Korea's response to COVID-19 and its optimistic economic outlook this year in the pandemic era. (Scre...