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Philips Enables Hospitals and GPs to Remotely Screen and Monitor Patients with COVID-19

Amsterdam, the Netherlands, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), a global leader in health technology, today announced that it can help general practitioners and healthcare institutions manage the increased patient flows resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak through a dedicated and scalable telehealth solution that facilitates the use of online screening, follow-up questionnaires and [...]

S. Korea Hails 50 pct Cure Rate in Fight Against Coronavirus

SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Saturday it has achieved a 50 percent cure rate for people infected with coronavirus, a feat that underscored the importance of aggressive tests, quarantines and social distancing in the fight against the virus. South Korea had released 4,811 fully recovered COVID-19 patients from hospitals as of [...]

About 15 pct of COVID-19 Patients Lose Sense of Smell or Taste

SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — About 15 percent of South Korean coronavirus patients said they lost their sense of smell or taste, a survey showed Wednesday, in a possible indication that loss of smell or taste may be an early sign of virus infection. According to the telephone survey by doctors in the virus-hit [...]

S. Korea Set to Launch Quick Tracking System for Virus Cases

SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will launch a new cutting-edge system to track the movements of people infected with the novel coronavirus and their contacts more quickly, the land ministry said Wednesday, another powerful tool in the country’s virus fight to help detect potential cases and quarantine COVID-19 patients. The system, which [...]

Nat’l Football Training Center to House Coronavirus Patients

SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean football federation announced Tuesday its main national team training center will house coronavirus patients starting this week. From Wednesday, the main building at the National Football Center (NFC) in Paju, north of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province, will be open for those with mild cases of COVID-19, [...]

Medical Community Suffering from Coronavirus as Patients Stay Home

SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the novel coronavirus spreading rapidly across the globe, the medical community in South Korea has been hit hard by the outbreak as well – in a surprising way. Rather than being overcome with patients, some clinics are actually facing a dearth of patients that is having a significant [...]

Coronavirus Outbreak Triggers Drop in Hospital Visits

SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — With the spread of the novel coronavirus outbreak in Korea, the number of individuals visiting hospitals has dropped sharply. The Korean Hospital Association surveyed 98 hospitals nationwide and identified trends related to inpatients and outpatients. As a result, the number of hospitalized patients dropped by an average of 3.7 [...]

Coronavirus Patients Can Request Corrective Measures for Privacy Violation

SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Coronavirus patients can now request corrective measures whenever they feel their rights and privacy have been violated after their travel logs go public. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced Tuesday that new legislation on epidemics management that includes the aforementioned policy went into effect early this month. The [...]

S. Korea Sets Guidelines Limiting Release of Private Info of Coronavirus Patients

SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea set new guidelines advising local governments to hold back unnecessary private information of coronavirus patients on Saturday. Regional governments across South Korea have alerted their residents against coronavirus infection risks, releasing detailed routes and destinations used by coronavirus patients within their jurisdiction. During the process, the private [...]

S. Korea Adopts Telemedicine to Battle Coronavirus Outbreak

SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University Hospital has begun to provide a telemedicine service to coronavirus patients near the epicenter South Korea’s virus outbreak. A team of four doctors and 13 nurses at the general hospital in Seoul can monitor the status of COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms through video calls. The [...]