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Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
Korea's national response to COVID-19 outbreak
- 🎧 Incoming travelers can register PCR test results on online system
- Jul 12,2022
- From July 14, incoming travelers to Korea from abroad can register their PCR test results on the Q-code system after arrival. (Yonhap News) Incoming travelers can r...
- 🎧 Korea last month topped Bloomberg's COVID-19 country rankings
- Jul 01,2022
- An elderly man on the afternoon of April 14 is vaccinated at a medical institution in Seoul on the first day of the fourth round of vaccinations against COVID-19 for seni...
- 🎧 First domestically developed vaccine vs. COVID-19 approved
- Jun 30,2022
- SKYCovione, a vaccine against COVID-19 developed by the domestic company SK Bioscience, on June 29 gained approval from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. (SK Bioscien...
- Rapid antigen test accepted for arriving passengers
- May 23,2022
- The government from May 23 decided to accept both rapid antigen tests administered by medical professionals from incoming visitors who received PCR tests before arriving ...
- 🎧 No. of weekly int'l flights to rise by 230 next month
- May 13,2022
- Given surging demand for overseas travel, the government next month will greatly expand the number of overseas flights. The photo shows grounded airplanes at Incheon Inte...
- 🎧 Outdoor mask mandate to be lifted on May 2
- Apr 29,2022
- Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum on April 29 in a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters at Government Complex-Seoul announced that the outdoo...
- Eating at theaters, supermarkets allowed, COVID-19's alert level cut
- Apr 25,2022
- The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters from April 25 allowed the consumption of food inside indoor facilities such as movie theaters and supermarket...
- Schools to resume full in-person classes next month: minister
- Apr 22,2022
- Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hae on April 20 holds a briefing at Government Complex-Seoul to announce the nation's full return to regular schoo...
- Foreign media follow Korea's lifting of social distancing measures
- Apr 18,2022
- The world is watching Korea's lifting of most social distancing measures from April 18 except the mask mandate. Shown are people on the same day eating at the food court ...
- 🎧 All social distancing measures to be lifted from April 18
- Apr 15,2022
- The government on April 18 will lift all social distancing measures for the COVID-19 pandemic. Shown are the streets of the popular Hongdae area on April 13 in Seoul's Ma...