SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the increasing number of Koreans receiving COVID-19 vaccinations, paid leave for vaccinations are something that small business employees, the self-employed and freelancers cannot afford. They are being subject to another round of hardships, after they failed to enjoy the benefits of the previous work-at-home policies. Last month, the [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Group decided Wednesday to offer paid leave to workers who receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot following health authorities’ recommendation. Samsung’s decision came one day after its labor union requested paid time off for COVID-19 vaccinations. Employees who take a day off to get vaccinated [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A maximum 10 million won (US$8,970) payout will be provided for those who require hospitalization after being administered with novel coronavirus vaccines even without proven causal links to the COVID-19 jabs starting next week, health authorities said Monday. The government has so far covered costs for hospital stays and [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 70 percent of South Koreans believe that the use of a vaccination passport, which proves that a person has been fully vaccinated against the virus, will help the economy, a poll showed Sunday. The poll from the Federation of Korean Industries, a major business lobbying group here, showed [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 60 percent of South Koreans said they were willing to get COVID-19 vaccine shots, but the number of those who said they would has dropped compared with in March, a survey showed Wednesday. Of 943 unvaccinated respondents, 61.4 percent said they were willing to be inoculated, while [...]
WASHINGTON, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — As the world continues to grapple with the significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the global community faces an urgent need to develop an efficient, coordinated and sustainable model for a healthy and well-functioning vaccine research and development (R&D) ecosystem. In a new report, “Powering Vaccine R&D: Opportunities for [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday that it will rev up its vaccination campaign by importing more vaccines before June amid concerns over tight supply which caused the nationwide rollout to lag. Health authorities said the country will receive 14.2 million doses of vaccines in May and June, enough to vaccinate [...]
SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea may soon face a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines as less than 10 percent of the country’s AstraZeneca vaccine doses are left, the health authority said Sunday, raising concerns over delays in the nation’s immunization schedule. The nation has secured 2 million AstraZeneca vaccine doses so far, and [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will accelerate the COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the country has secured sufficient shots amid supply shortage concerns to achieve herd immunity by November, the country’s acting prime minister said Monday. In a public message, Acting Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki sought to allay public concerns about a shortage [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Saturday it has signed a deal with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. to import additional Pfizer vaccine doses for 20 million people in a move that could ease public concerns about a vaccine shortage. The deal came after South Korean health minister Kwon Deok-cheol held two [...]