SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — In a surprising turn of events, the number of influenza cases has rebounded since the end of March this year, despite the usual springtime decrease. Experts suggest that this unexpected increase may be due to the recent opening of schools and the lifting of the indoor mask mandate on [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Health authorities on Friday issued an advisory over a possible seasonal influenza outbreak across the country, the first of its kind since 2019, amid growing concerns of a possible “twindemic” — a simultaneous outbreak of COVID-19 and the flu — this fall and winter. The Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A simultaneous outbreak of COVID-19 and the seasonal influenza, dubbed a “twindemic,” could hit South Korea over this fall and winter, experts warned Monday, calling for a thorough medical response system to be in place in the event of such an outbreak. The number of patients showing possible flu [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — This winter’s flu season is likely to pass unnoticed again as influenza, a contagious respiratory disease that is most commonly seen in the winter, remains overwhelmed by COVID-19. The number of suspected flu patients per 1,000 outpatients stood at 3.7 persons in the eighth week of 2022 (Feb. 13-19), [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Koreans who died this fall after getting seasonal flu shots has risen close to 100, health authorities said Saturday, though any correlation has not been confirmed between nearly 99 percent of the fatalities and the flu vaccinations. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of South Korea’s public health body said Wednesday there was no direct link between flu shots and recent reported deaths and the government will go ahead with the nationwide flu vaccine program. Jeong Eun-kyeong, head of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), told a media [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean small drug firm Bioneer Corp. said Thursday it has won approval from the local drug safety watchdog to conduct a clinical trial of multi-diagnostic kits that can detect both the novel coronavirus and seasonal influenza. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety has given the green light [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities said Monday that some test kits that can detect both the new coronavirus and seasonal flu are under review for approval of their use. As autumn is approaching, health authorities are preparing to tackle both COVID-19 and flu as it is not easy to distinguish [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Sales of hand sanitizers and facial masks, as well as health products, spiked last month amid influenza season, industry data showed Tuesday. According to the data by discount store chain Lotte Mart, sales of facial masks jumped 15.6 percent in the Dec. 1-30 period compared to a year earlier. [...]