More than a month has passed since the Yoon Suk-yeol administration launched the “Covid-19 Special Response Team” under the slogan of “scientific quarantine.”However, the team has neither appointed members nor held a single meeting.Rep. Kim Won-i of the opposition Democratic Party of Korea (DPK) rem
In recent years, the South Korean media have been churning out reports of teens overdosing on Fentanyl, a powerful narcotic analgesic similar to morphine but 50 to 100 times more potent.To prevent the abuse or misuse of the drug, Rep. Kang Sun-woo of the Democratic Party and 10 other lawmakers on Th
Mathematicians predicted that the number of new confirmed Covid-19 cases per day will drop to 50,000 in two weeks as the pandemic resurgence has turned into a declining phase.According to a report from the Covid-19 mathematical modeling task force, an Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technolo
Korea recently scrapped requiring a Covid-19 test for inbound travelers before entry to the nation but kept the mandatory PCR test within 24 hours after arrival in Korea.However, the government is poorly monitoring mandatory PCR tests among entrants, a lawmaker said Thursday.Rep. In Jae-keun of the
The government will operate a total of 6,000 one-stop medical institutions during the Chuseok holiday and at least 700 one-stop medical institutions on Chuseok Day on Saturday this week, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said during a Covid-19 response meeting on Wednesday."After we announced quarantine a
Quarantine authorities are preparing countermeasures based on the high probability of a "twindemic" situation -- the dual threat of a severe flu outbreak on top of the Covid-19 pandemic -- in the fall and winter of this year."There is a high possibility of simultaneous outbreaks of Covid-19 and infl
The Korean health authorities decided to curb or suspend operations of temporary Covid-19 screening sites across the nation, as the strong typhoon Hinnamnor was expected to land in the southern coast of the peninsula on Tuesday morning.According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KC
The government has started delivering the first batch of SkyCovione, SK Bioscience's Covid-19 vaccine, to local governments across the country, and requested that the recipients participate in the inoculation.The delivery of the first batch follows a research conducted by the National Institute of I
Korea saw a sharp rise in the death toll on Thursday, despite the continued decrease in daily Covid-19 cases.On Thursday, Korea added 81,573 new Covid-19 infections, including 300 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 23,327,897, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.Th
Five years have passed since Korea introduced the life-prolonging treatment decision system, but it still has too many shortcomings, including the timing to decide its discontinuance, establishing medical institutions’ ethics committees, and educating medical workers.Experts pointed out these and ot
The government will lift its pre-travel Covid-19 test requirement for inbound travelers from Saturday, believing the ongoing resurge has passed its peak.Korea had required inbound travelers to submit a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within 48 hours or a negative rapid antigen test (RAT) confir
Although the Covid-19 resurgence has turned to a decreasing trend, health authorities expressed concerns on Tuesday that the number of severe cases and deaths will continue to increase until the beginning of next month.According to health officials, the Covid-19 infection reproduction index (R0), wh
An advisory panel of private experts to the Prime Minister's Office has recommended the government scrap the pre-entry test requirement, replacing them with post-arrival tests."We believe that the government should abolish the rule requiring the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within 48 hours o
Korea needs to establish a rapid diagnosis and treatment system before the Chuseok holiday (Sept. 9-12), as the number of high-risk group patients may exceed 20,000 a day afterward, a top quarantine advisor said.“The number of new Covid-19 cases tends to increase after holidays. Suppose daily infect
Korea Biomedical Review, Korea’s first English-language medical and biopharmaceutical newspaper, has named Kim Yoon-mi its new managing editor.Kim graduated from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies with a bachelor's degree in English Interpretation and Translation and worked as the financial team l
Although new virus cases are decreasing, the number of Covid-19 deaths recorded a three-digit figure for the first time in more than 100 days on Thursday, raising concerns among experts.According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), Korea confirmed 113,371 new infections, down
The government said Wednesday it is collecting opinions on whether to abolish the mandatory Covid-19 test before entering Korea.Currently, quarantine authorities require all inbound travelers to submit a negative confirmation of a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test within 48 hours before entry or
The government plans to tighten conditions on health insurance benefits for the dependents of foreign subscribers to health insurance to prevent them from getting a free ride.For instance, the authorities are considering limiting it to those who “live in Korea for six months or more.”According to so
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety on Wednesday distributed a new safe use standard for prescriptions and administrations of one kind of ADHD drug and three prescription antitussives among narcotics for medical use.The ministry said narcotic ADHD treatments containing methylphenidate would be subj
With the National Assembly’s regular session approaching, political circles are voicing for more state-run medical schools while the government emphasizes consensus with the medical community.Both ruling and opposition lawmakers are pushing for new public medical schools.However, regarding the locat