SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The rate of adverse reaction reports among individuals vaccinated for COVID-19 currently stands at about 45 per 10,000 vaccinations in South Korea, the health authority said. The nation’s vaccination response team, which operates under the umbrella of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, said that the rate of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday signed a deal with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. to buy 30 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine to be administered next year, bringing the total amount to 120 million, health authorities here said. The deal has an option for an additional 30 million doses, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Illegal stayers who want to leave South Korea voluntarily after completing COVID-19 vaccination will be given various incentives, including exemption from fines, the Ministry of Justice said Friday. The government will waive fines and suspend reentry restrictions for fully vaccinated illegal stayers choosing to voluntarily depart from South Korea [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea aims to develop at least one homegrown messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine against the new coronavirus by 2023 as part of efforts to secure a stable supply of vaccines, government officials said Thursday. The goal is part of the country’s ambitious plan to become a global hub for [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is poised to begin administering COVID-19 vaccines to pregnant women and younger children starting next month as part of its inoculation campaign. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) will announce the list of fourth-quarter vaccine recipients next Monday to achieve its goal of herd immunity [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — In August, President Moon Jae-in announced South Korea’s ambitious plan to become a global hub for the production of COVID-19 vaccines with support of 2.2 trillion won (US$1.92 billion) over the next five years, starting with the development of the country’s first homegrown vaccine. Although the pharmaceutical industry welcomes [...]
HWASEONG, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Hwaseong, south of Seoul, announced that it will start offering a one-stop service for unregistered foreign workers to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. Any unregistered foreign worker can visit a nearby COVID-19 testing center to receive a vaccination without having to make a prior reservation. Foreigners over 30 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drugmaker SK Bioscience Co. said Monday it has begun the phase three clinical trial of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. GBP510, under development by SK Bioscience, a unit of the country’s No. 2 family-controlled conglomerate SK Group, was administered to the first participant. It comes nearly three weeks [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Gangnam District is distributing tag holders to restaurants and other multi-purpose facilities that can be used to inform others about whether each group of customers includes a COVID-19 vaccine recipient. In accordance with the government’s vaccination incentives policy, the district came up with the initiative to prevent unnecessary [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Medical experts are divided over the government’s decision to alleviate age requirements for the AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, which was originally available only to those over 50 years of age. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency introduced new measures last week that allow citizens over 30 years of age [...]