SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An nursing assistant in her 40s who receive a COVID-19 vaccine shot is currently hospitalized for treatment of serious side effects, including limb paralysis. A 45-years-old nursing assistant, who works in a hospital in Gyeonggi Province, was diagnosed as having acute disseminated encephalomyelitis after being inoculated with the AstraZeneca’s [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will start giving AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine to health care workers and airline crews this week to speed up the vaccination drive against the pandemic, the health authority said Sunday. Health authorities will administer AstraZeneca vaccines to health care workers for the disabled, seniors and veterans as well [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of mishaps in securing enough COVID-19 vaccines is threatening to take South Korea’s nationwide inoculation scheme off schedule, putting its coveted target to achieve herd immunity by November at risk. In the worst case scenario, the country could suffer a supply shortage of COVID-19 vaccines amid growing [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean biotech company Huons Global said Friday that it has signed a technology transfer deal with Russia’s sovereign wealth fund to produce a Russian COVID-19 vaccine in South Korea. Under the agreement with the Russian Direct Investment Fund, the Huons Global-led consortium will manufacture Sputnik V in South [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean bio-tech company Isu Abxis said Thursday that a technology transfer deal with Russia’s sovereign wealth fund will pave the way for it to produce Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine soon. Under the agreement with Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), and local bio firm GL [...]
DAEJEON, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has developed new technology that enables users to easily check with their bare eyes whether COVID-19 vaccines from companies such as Pfizer Inc. and Moderna that need to be stored at low temperature are safely distributed. Researchers from the state-run Korea Research Institute of [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea on Sunday decided to resume administering AstraZeneca vaccines to eligible recipients after temporarily putting the program on hold amid growing concerns over its safety. The use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine will resume Monday, except for those aged 30 and below, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co., the country’s largest mobile carrier, said Thursday that it had entered into a business agreement with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KCDC) for the establishment of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based service designed to help with COVID-19 vaccination. Under this system, SK Telecom’s NUGU AI [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided Wednesday to suspend a AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccination program for people younger than 60 due to concerns related to blood clots. Set to start on Thursday, AstraZeneca vaccination programs for special education instructors and teachers at kindergarten, elementary, middle and high schools, about 70,000 in total, will [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 400,000 undocumented foreigners in South Korea will also receive coronavirus vaccines. The vaccination committee under the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Tuesday that undocumented foreigners will receive coronavirus vaccines, based upon the same procedures for Korean nationals and registered foreigners. The government had previously announced its [...]