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Seoul Converts Shipping Containers to Accommodate Growing Number of COVID-19 Patients

SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government said Wednesday it will utilize shipping containers to cope with a hospital bed shortage caused by a recent surge in COVID-19 infections in the capital area. It said it will soon install about 150 shipping container medical rooms at municipal hospitals, which are running short [...]

Live Lizard Discovered in Shipping Container Raises Questions Over Cargo Screening

ANSAN, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Emergency quarantine protocols were put in place at the Port of Busan after foreign red fire ants were discovered at a nearby open-air yard for shipping containers late last month. Questions over whether the protocols need to be expanded have been raised after a live lizard was discovered inside [...]