SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — China on Wednesday resumed mandatory COVID-19 tests for arrivals from South Korea only, in its latest tit-for-tat response over Seoul’s strengthened antivirus curbs against travelers from the neighboring nation. The tests were mostly conducted on foreign nationals, most of whom were Koreans. Sources said that travelers from South Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — With a daily number of COVID-19 infections exceeding 600,000, the fear of the pandemic has grown ever higher. However, an increasing number of people are choosing not to get tested at all as many can’t afford to stop working. “Delivery riders are staying away from getting tested. Even if [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry said Wednesday it is advising kindergarten to high school students to take rapid antigen tests at home twice a week before going to school in the upcoming semester amid a massive surge in infections. The non-binding recommendation was issued as part of a virus prevention scheme [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul metropolitan government said Friday it is ordering some 128,000 employees of department stores to take preemptive COVID-19 tests as a precaution against further cluster infections at the stores. The city government will issue an administrative order later Friday under which all managers and workers at 32 department [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — All employees of adult entertainment businesses across the country have been ordered to take coronavirus tests, officials said Tuesday, as many local governments are struggling to cope with the latest hotbeds for virus outbreaks. Adult entertainment establishments, such as bars, clubs and karaoke rooms, in Daegu, Daejeon, Ulsan and [...]
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 [...]