Currently families of victims who died within 42 days of receiving the vaccine and whose autopsy results were inconclusive are eligible to a 10 million won payment.
Most people who catch Covid-19 in Korea will be forced to shoulder a greater personal burden after the virus is downgraded on Thursday, marking the end of large-scale state support and monitoring of patients.
North Korea has lifted an entry ban imposed on its overseas nationals at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, state media reported Sunday.
Korea will lower the status of Covid-19 to that of the common flu starting next Thursday. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Wednesday, the government will no longer track daily Covid-19 infections in the ...
Cruise ships with Chinese tourists arrived at major ports in Korea on Saturday morning, including one from Qingdao that docked at Incheon with 118 passengers, 81 of whom were on a group tour.
HMM, Korea's largest container shipping company, reported a 94.5 percent decline in its second-quarter operating profit to 160.2 billion won ($122 million) due to a pronounced decrease in freight rates in the aftermath of Covid-19.
The summer vacation season has arrived amid torrential downpours and monsoons, but domestic demand is yet to overcome recent hurdles including knife incidents, sweltering heat and the resurgence of Covid-19 that are all weighing on summer spending.
The chief of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) urged Koreans to reconsider their choice to go mask-free as the daily average number of Covid-19 cases in the past week surpassed 45,000.
Last week, the daily average number of people infected with the virus amounted to 45,529, a 17 percent increase from the previous week. Three days last week had over 50,000 newly infected people, which was a first in six months.
They must keep in mind that the Covid-19 virus can gain more contagious power when the mercury goes down.
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