A proposal to abolish the Covid-19 testing requirement for travelers entering Korea from overseas was made to the government, according to the National Infectious Diseases Consulting Committee on Monday.
A customer chooses a Covid-19 test kit at a convenience store in Seoul on Tuesday. Under the government’s new guidelines reserving free PCR tests for certain classes of patients, sales of home test kits have surged.
SD Biosensor has achieved many firsts in the area of Covid-19 test kits.
Korean test-kit makers are looking for growth after the Covid boom ends, going for afield in search of their next act.
Daewoong Pharmaceutical said Monday it will supply Vietnamese pharmaceutical company Vietha Pharma Covid-19 diagnostic kits in a deal potentially worth 12 billion won ($10.2 million).
Celltrion said Monday its Covid-19 diagnostic home-test kit received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S Food and Drug Administration.
Seegene released a test kit capable of screening the highly contagious Delta and Lambda variants of Covid-19, the test-kit maker said Monday.
A store employee stacks Covid-19 self testing kits at a 7-Eleven store in central Seoul on Wednesday. The number of people confirmed to have contracted Covid-19 reached the second-highest daily figure on Tuesday.
Seegene, a biotech company that hit big with a Covid-19 test kit last year, is embroiled in an accounting scandal.
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