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Gov’t Puts Halt to Daily COVID-19 Notifications

SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The central and local governments will halt their emergency coronavirus text alerts, the interior ministry said. The ministry sent a notice to local governments to refrain from sending emergency text alerts about details on new infection cases and antivirus measures. In the notice, the ministry pointed out that users [...]

COVID-19 Text Alerts to be Reduced amid Public Weariness

SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The central and local governments will reduce their emergency coronavirus text alerts amid mounting complaints that frequent arrivals of such messages have increased the public weariness in the prolonged pandemic, the interior ministry said Wednesday. The revised guidelines for coronavirus-related text alerts, which go into effect Thursday, require only [...]