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[From the scene] ‘I feel safer’: Vaccination begins for Korea’s front-line workersSocial affairsFeb 27, 2021By Kim Arin ( arin@heraldcorp.com ) -
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[Eye Plus] 18th-century poet’s abode shows there is charm in simplicitySocial affairsFeb 27, 2021The home of Yi Cheon-bo can be found in a remote town in Gapyeong, a county not far from Seoul. Yi was a member of the Joseon Dynasty elite, spending all his adult life as a trusted adviser to the k... -
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[From the scene] One day to go: AstraZeneca vaccines distributed across KoreaSocial affairsFeb 25, 2021SUWON, Gyeonggi Province -- Korea’s first COVID-19 vaccines are being dispersed across the country, ready for Friday’s rollout. The delivery of the first batch of the AstraZeneca vaccine began Thurs... -
High hopes, stark reminders as Korea finally gets vaccinesSocial affairsFeb 24, 2021Come Friday, South Korea will be joining about 98 countries and territories that have started vaccinating against COVID-19. To date more than 212 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administ... -
Korea says Pfizer vaccine safe, effective for anyone 16 or aboveSocial affairsFeb 23, 2021South Korean regulatory authorities said Tuesday that Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine was safe and effective across all age groups, including adults aged 65 or above and children as young as 16. The Mi... -
Politicians bicker over COVID-19 vaccines ahead of rolloutSocial affairsFeb 23, 2021Politics are creeping into vaccine discussions in Korea with the country’s first jabs to be rolled out in just a few days, and scientists say they are wary of the non-experts in high offices playing ... -
Experts paint murky outlook for COVID-19 herd immunitySocial affairsFeb 22, 2021Health experts both inside and outside the government say Korea may be farther away from herd immunity against COVID-19 than previously thought. Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Commissio... -
Will ‘social bubble’ strategy work for Korea?Social affairsFeb 21, 2021South Korean health authorities are expected to announce a revised roadmap for social distancing that will give more freedom to businesses, while restricting people’s behaviors more strictly, to comb... -
COVID-19 could be ‘tamed by November,’ says KDCA deputy chiefSocial affairsFeb 18, 2021The COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea will be “sufficiently tamed by November, or possibly earlier,” Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency Deputy Director Kwon Jun-wook said Thursday, referring ... -
Korea’s fourth, possibly worst wave yet of COVID-19 is advancing fastSocial affairsFeb 17, 2021COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in South Korea after a brief respite from the winter resurgence, and experts warn that the country may be heading toward what may be its largest wave yet of the p... -
Korea buys more doses of Pfizer, Novavax vaccinesSocial affairsFeb 16, 2021South Korea has finalized deals with Pfizer and Novavax for 46 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Tuesday. The prime minister told a government meeting that Korea... -
Korea advises against AstraZeneca vaccine for those over 65Social affairsFeb 15, 2021The AstraZeneca vaccine will not be used on those aged 65 and over for the time being, the Korean government committee for COVID-19 immunization said Monday, citing insufficient evidence on how well ... -
Korea reports first COVID-19 fatality involving patient in 20sSocial affairsFeb 14, 2021A patient in his or her mid-20s died Friday, becoming the youngest in Korea and the first under 30 to die with COVID-19, health officials said over the weekend. The Busan patient, who had preexistin... -
Too many in Korea can’t afford to get sickSocial affairsFeb 11, 2021South Korean workplaces have little sympathy for workers when they get sick. But “toughing it out” constitutes a public health hazard during a pandemic, experts say. Workplaces have emerged as one o... -
National Medical Center preps for mass vaccinationsSocial affairsFeb 9, 2021The National Medical Center, which will be administering South Korea’s first COVID-19 jabs, conducted a trial run of their rollout on Tuesday in Seoul, with the goal of achieving up to 600 vaccinatio...
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