SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A temporary measure approved by the government to allowed limited telemedicine services amid heightened alert over new coronavirus infections was met by contrasting views from healthcare workers and patients. A research team from the Catholic University of Korea Eunpyeong St. Mary’s Hospital conducted a survey of 906 patients and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it will push to sign COVID-19 vaccine procurement contracts with Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen and Pfizer later this month and ink another deal with Moderna next month. The health ministry last week said it has secured early access of the vaccines developed by four pharmaceutical [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biopharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. said Friday it has signed an agreement worth 240 billion won (US$220 million) to supply a diagnostic kit for the novel coronavirus in the United States. Under the agreement, Celltrion’s rapid antibody diagnostic test (RDT) kit for the new coronavirus, named DiaTrust, will [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Diabetics who smoke exercise their muscles less frequently than those who have decided to quit smoking. A research team from Hallym University Medical Center announced the results of a survey of 411 diabetes patients who responded to separate national health and nutritional surveys conducted between 2016 and 2018. Among [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. trade panel has upheld its preliminary ruling by siding with South Korean drugmaker Medytox Inc. in a trade dispute, saying its local rival Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. copied the manufacturing process of a botulinum toxin strain, industry officials here said Thursday. In a final decision, the U.S. International [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Seoul said Wednesday it will conduct COVID-19 tests on all workers at facilities with high risks of virus infections, such as courier companies and nursing homes. Seo Jeong-hyup, the acting Seoul mayor, announced the plan during an online press briefing, as South Korea’s daily new [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Eighteen more residential treatment centers will open in Seoul this week to cope with surging numbers of coronavirus cases in the capital, the city government said Monday. The centers will be run by the city’s wards and house 1,577 additional beds for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms, Park Yoo-mi, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that virtual reality (VR) games are an effective exercise tool for transtibial amputees who have difficulty working up a sweat when they exercise. A research team from the Korea Orthopedics & Rehabilitation Engineering Center, which operates under the umbrella of the Korea Workers’ Compensation and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The health ministry said Sunday it plans to secure a total of 10,000 hospital beds in the capital area to treat a surging number of COVID-19 patients. With 10,000 beds, the region comprising Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province can cope with 1,000 new cases a day for the next [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Health authorities will begin offering free virus tests at 150 new makeshift COVID-19 testing sites in Seoul and its surrounding areas under a three-week containment campaign, officials said Sunday, as the daily virus count breached the 1000 mark. The Central Disease Control Headquarters said that from Monday until Jan. [...]