SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will require travelers coming from China to show negative COVID-19 tests, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said Friday, joining other nations in imposing restrictions due to a surge of infections there. By the end of February next year, all arrivals from China will be required to show either [...]
GWANGJU, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A campus startup operating under the umbrella of a South Korean university has developed a new method as an alternative to COVID-19 nasal swab testing. The method enables a relatively painless collection of specimens without giving for those who take COVID-19 tests. BIO3S from Chonnam National University said Thursday [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists developed a screening biosensor that can detect COVID-19 variants within 30 minutes, whose test results are as accurate as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests, a state-run science institute said Wednesday. The team led by Lee Kwan-hyi of the Korea Institute of Science and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — All foreigners staying illegally in South Korea are allowed to take coronavirus tests free of charge without disclosing their identities, the Ministry of Justice said Thursday. The ministry said undocumented foreigners, including those who overstayed their visas, can “simply and anonymously” take free COVID-19 tests at any of the [...]