The city government said Wednesday that all 66 emergency rooms, including those at general and university hospitals, will be open 24 hours a day as usual.
Korea plans to restrict the amount of cold medicine sold at pharmacies and penalize those who resell them amid concerns of panic-buying during the winter months.
A pharmacy in downtown Seoul is crowded with customers on Wednesday. As Covid-19 continues and the shortage of cold medicine intensifies, the government is planning to ease the application of its so-called drug price interlocking system.
A person visits a pharmacy on Monday. Expenses for medicine in Korea, which are partially covered by the country's health insurance, increased by 6.7 percent on average over the past seven years.
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