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S. Korea to Lift Post-arrival PCR Test Requirement for Travelers from China

SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided to lift a requirement for travelers from China to take PCR tests after their arrival here from next month as the COVID-19 situation remains stable, an official said Wednesday. Though the post-arrival test requirement will be lifted on March 1, the pre-arrival test requirement will remain [...]

S. Korea Develops Technology to Improve Accuracy of COVID-19 Tests

SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Fishery Products Quality Management Service (NFQS) announced on Wednesday that it has developed a new method to identify false negatives or positives from real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests that are used for the diagnosis of COVID-19. This technology measures the sensitivity of the real-time PCR test [...]