With the purpose of relieving the pain of residents who have been negatively affected by the outbreak of COVID-19, Seoul will be implementing the finalized “Seoul Disaster Fund for Household Support.” The action plan was prepared to vitalize the local economy and overcome the national crisis through timely emergency financial support for victims of the...Read More
Gripped by fears of the pandemic, in many parts of our world, supermarket shelves are being cleared by a hordes of people panicking, thinking it’s now or never in terms of buying and stocking up. That hasn’t been the case in South Korea, even with the relatively high number of COVID-19 cases. Choi Jeong-yoon delves...Read More
To resolve a shortage of masks, the Korean government has come up with a new measure called “5-day rotation system for mask distribution.” It is a policy that allows people to purchase masks on designated days based on their birth years. One can buy masks on Mondays if the last digit of one’s year of...Read More
South Korean scientists have developed a face mask filter that retains its protective properties even after being washed over 20 times, a research university said Tuesday. The development by a team led by Kim Il-doo at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) comes as the country struggles with a supply shortage of...Read More
A single-person booth to test for COVID-19 on March 16 was launched in Seoul for faster and safer diagnosis, Korea’s second innovation for the outbreak after the drive-through screening clinic. Developed by H-plus Yangji Hospital in the city’s Gwanak-gu District, the booth is 700mm wide, 700mm long and 2,050mm high and has a sound pressure...Read More
The chief of the World Health Organization has called on K-pop superband BTS and others to join the organization’s hand-washing campaign “SafeHands” challenge to help curb the new coronavirus. Today I nominate:@JulieGichuru@katyperry@BTS_twt @RGrosjeanto take the #SafeHands challenge by sharing their video & calling on at least another 3 people to join us! Together, we can...Read More
Korean researchers have first developed a way to check if a patient is negative for suspected patients with no symptoms of COVID-19. The team created a small gene that found the coronavirus, and they looked at the responses at the same time at four points. If all four are unresponsive, it’s definitely negative. Unlike conventional...Read More
Diagnosis technology is being developed that can determine whether or not you are infected with COVID-19 without having to go to a COVID-19 screening center. The Korean research team is working hard to develop vaccines and treatments to quell the coronavirus through the development of a high-risk pathogen infection model and the study of the...Read More
People who show symptoms of novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) can get diagnosed at drive-through screening clinics while remaining in their vehicles. Such clinics are highly efficient because they require no negative room pressure facilities, a method used by hospitals to differentiate pressure in and out of a room to prevent cross-contamination from room to room....Read More
While the COVID-19 situation is affecting Korean daily life a lot, the ‘How to Never Get Coronavirus’ has become a hot topic among Korean netizens. In fact, the method is not a medical way of prevention but the Internet meme, which has recently spread to major Korean humor community sites. The picture is one of...Read More
