SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Academy of Medicine of Korea has presented an analysis that confirmed a correlation between menstrual abnormalities and COVID-19 vaccination, thereby improving the potential for the provision of compensation for those suffering from these health issues. With respect to the potential for damage compensation concerning post-vaccination abnormal uterine [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign students wanting to study at a university in South Korea this year will be asked to complete vaccination against COVID-19 before entering the country, the Ministry of Education said Thursday. Announcing measures to prevent the spread of omicron and other coronavirus variants from overseas to local communities, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Singapore agreed Friday to exempt or ease vaccinated travelers from mandatory quarantine upon arrival, in a major step to help revitalize people-to-people exchanges between the two sides in the midst of the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, according to related ministries here Friday. Under the measure, effective from [...]
JINDO, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Residents of Gasa Island in Jindo County, 472 kilometers south of Seoul where there are no hospitals or medical clinics, gave a nervous smile when they showed up at the island’s docks on Monday morning to receive their COVID-19 vaccinations. They were helped by sailors as they went aboard [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will introduce a digital certification system to verify a person’s COVID-19 vaccination status through a smartphone application this month, amid the government’s efforts to boost people’s participation in the public vaccine program, the prime minister said Thursday. “The people will be able to experience a sense of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) will start administering its initial doses of a COVID-19 vaccine this week, beginning with health care workers, officials said Monday. USFK received the first shipment of Moderna’s vaccine on Friday as Camp Humphreys was chosen by the U.S. government as one of four sites outside [...]