SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — After a four-month operation, South Korea’s mask ration system ended Sunday as the supply of face masks designed to help fight the new coronavirus has stabilized. As prices of protective masks skyrocketed amid the COVID-19 outbreak here, the country introduced the mask rationing scheme in early March in a [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will terminate a mask rationing system on Sunday as the supply of face masks designed to help fight the new coronavirus has stabilized, the country’s drug safety agency said Tuesday. As prices of protective masks skyrocketed amid the COVID-19 outbreak here, the country introduced the mask rationing [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will extend a state-led mask rationing scheme, originally set to end this month, to mid-July, to help citizens easily buy protective masks to fight the new coronavirus outbreak, the country’s drug safety agency said Tuesday. The government has decided to extend the scheme, supposed to end on [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — After nearly four months of state-led mask rationing to fight new coronavirus outbreaks, South Korea may end the strictly regulated scheme this month on the back of eased supply shortages, a government official said Sunday. As mask prices skyrocketed amid massive virus outbreaks here in February, the country introduced [...]