The government said Wednesday that Korea has confirmed more than 10,000 daily Covid-19 cases for the first time in 20 days.The country added 10,463 new Covid-19 infections, including 205 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,349,756, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA)
The Ministry of Health and Welfare’s health insurance policy committee set the reimbursement price of Fexuclue (fexuprazan), a treatment for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) developed by Daewoong Pharmaceutical, at 939 won ($0.73) per tablet. Fexuclue is the nation’s 34th novel drug.At a meeti
With few days left until the authorization of Korea’s first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine SKYCovione, the Korean regulatory agency’s enhanced review capabilities are drawing attention.In a meeting with healthcare news reporters on Tuesday, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation (NIFDS) D
Health officials said the declining trend of Covid-19 has reached its limit, predicting new infections might likely rebound in the short run."We think that the decline in the spread of Covid-19 of the past few weeks has reached its limit," said Im Sook-young, a senior official at the Central Disease
Korea’s new Covid-19 cases hit the lowest level in five-and-a-half months on Monday. However, experts warned a possible resurge this summer could be worse than last year’s, noting the nation has lifted almost all restrictions.The nation’s new virus cases fell below 3,500 on Monday as the Covid-19 pa
The number of medical tourists visiting Korea expanded 24.6 percent year-on-year in 2021, despite the Covid-19 pandemic, government data showed.However, foreign patients seeking dermatology care decreased, and the proportion of medical tourists visiting the Seoul metropolitan area also fell last yea
The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety released the results of the expert review on SK Bioscience’s SKYCovione (pipeline name: GBP510), the nation’s first homegrown Covid-19 vaccine, and said the data was sufficient to confirm approval.However, some criticized the government, saying it unfairly and pr
The declining pace of Covid-19 cases has slowed somewhat in Korea due partly to the largest inflows from abroad since March, quarantine officials said Friday.Among the 7,227 newly confirmed cases on Friday, 111 cases – 71 Koreans and 40 foreigners -- came from abroad, an increase of 19 from the prev
The government approved the national lot release for 170 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines in 2021, making Korea a factory of Covid-19 vaccines for the globe.On Friday, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it published and distributed the 2021 National Lot Release Report.The national lot relea
The two subvariants of the Omicron variant -- BA.4 and BA.5 -- can easily cause infections even in recovered Covid-19 patients and fully vaccinated people, a U.S. study showed.Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston found that neutralizing antibodies
As the post-sales survey found new adverse reactions for Novartis' psoriasis treatment, Cosentyx (ingredient: secukinumab), the regulatory agency has set about to update the warning label for the treatment.Cosentyx, an interleukin (IL) inhibitor, has received approval to treat plaque psoriasis, psor
International alliances, set up to respond to a global health crisis, failed to play their proper role in containing the Covid-19 pandemic, health experts said.Thus, they said it is urgent to establish a governance system under which the international community can cooperate to fight a global pandem
The government emphasized Wednesday that it is important to follow quarantine rules during the summer vacation period as there is a possibility of a resurgence of Covid-19."We view this summer as an important time that can serve as a fuse for reigniting the pandemic,” Vice Health and Welfare Ministe
For the first time since the outbreak of Covid-19, a large group of international travelers will visit Korea to enjoy Korean healthcare and wellness services.Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) said around 800 people from Mongolia and Kazakhstan would visit Korea for medical and wellness care in group
The quarantine authorities said Wednesday that they have confirmed the first monkeypox case.According to the KDCA, the patient, who arrived at Incheon International Airport from Germany at 4 p.m. Tuesday, has tested positive for the virus. The person has been in isolation treatment at Incheon Medica
The quarantine authorities are considering expanding the fourth Covid-19 vaccine shots to all people based on domestic quarantine situations and research results at home and abroad, officials said Tuesday."If the immunity level falls quickly, a virus resurge can also come quickly. However, we could
As the government extended the seven-day quarantine mandate for Covid-19 patients for four more weeks last Friday, officials said they could lift the mandate before June 17 if only six indicators meet their criteria.However, on Monday, experts expressed negative views on terminating the mandatory qu
Recently, a man in his 70s assaulted a physician by wielding a sickle at an emergency room (ER) of a general hospital in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province.Enraged by continued violence against healthcare professionals, the medical community blamed the police’s lukewarm response and the law enforcement’s wea
The government decided Friday to prolong the seven-day mandatory quarantine of people infected by the Covid-19 virus for four more weeks, reflecting concerns about a resurge.The current virus spread is manageable, but concerns linger, and Covid-19 deaths have not sufficiently dropped, Prime Minister
Even if Korea has a very high antibody-positive rate, it will be difficult to achieve herd immunity in theory due to new variants and fading antibodies over time, the health authorities said Thursday.“In a situation where mutations occur continuously, even if more than 90 percent of Koreans form ant