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Dos and don'ts of getting the COVID-19 vaccine

A woman receives a coronavirus vaccine from AstraZeneca in a nursing home in Suwon, Gyeonggi Province. Friday. YonhapIt takes around two weeks to build immunity after inoculationBy Lee Hyo-jin With the start of COVID-19 vaccinations nationwide, attention is growing over how individuals should prepare for inoculations and what safety measures they should take after receiving the injections.Below is a list of questions and answers regarding vaccination based on information from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).Q. What is the procedure before inoculation?Once you arrive at a vaccination facility, you will go through a preliminary checkup with doctors on your history of allergic reactions to medication, food, cosmetics or other vaccines. People who have previously shown abnormal reactions to ingredients in an mRNA coronavirus vaccine ― polyethylene glycol and polysorbate ― will not be able to receive a vaccine injection. Q. Should patients with underlying illnesses stop taking medication?There is no reason to discontinue or alter the medication of patients with unde

Feb 28, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Dos and don'ts of getting the COVID-19 vaccine
Health

COVID-19 mass vaccine inoculations to start Friday nationwide

Medical staff examine AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccines at a public health center in Dongjak District, Seoul, Thursday, ahead of the start of mass vaccinations scheduled for Friday. YonhapKorea to begin mass vaccination drive for herd immunity by NovemberBy Lee Hyo-jin Korea will kick off its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program, Friday, joining dozens of other countries in one of the largest mass immunization drives in history. The first inoculations will begin at 9 a.m. for patients and healthcare workers aged below 65 at nursing homes or public health centers across the country with the AstraZeneca vaccine.There has been heated debate on over who will be the first person to be vaccinated, but the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) did not specify a first individual as “vaccinations will begin simultaneously nationwide.”Although there will not be a “first person in the nation,” there will be “first individuals” in each region. In Daegu, a doctor couple in their 60s working at a nursing facility will be the first to roll up the

Feb 25, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
COVID-19 mass vaccine inoculations to start Friday nationwide
Entertainment

Online streamer under fire for 'thoughtless' behavior in Brazil

A Korean online streamer has come under fire for his “thoughtless” livestreams in Brazil, sparking hashtag movements on social media demanding an apology. Screen capture from TwitterBy Lee Hyo-jin A Korean online streamer has come under fire for his “thoughtless” livestreams in Brazil including his disrespectful behavior toward local residents.The 26-year-old man surnamed Baek, better known by his channel name “Sijosae” on Afreeca tv, a local streaming platform, streamed live videos from Brazil recently during his visit to the southern city of Sao Paulo for several days from Feb. 12. During his livestreams with thousands of viewers, he deliberately filmed random women in the street without their consent and made sexually explicit comments about their bodies. He also made disparaging remarks to residents at “favelas,” a Brazilian type of shantytown, saying that he will visit them to “become the victim of robbery and other crimes which occur daily there.”Baek's disrespectful behavior caught the attention of Korean nationals li

Feb 24, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Online streamer under fire for 'thoughtless' behavior in Brazil
Health

All overseas arrivals required to submit negative PCR test results

A woman submits documents to quarantine officials at Incheon International Airport, Wednesday. YonhapBy Lee Hyo-jin All travelers entering Korea, including Korean nationals, are required to submit negative COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test results starting Wednesday in order to curb the influx of new variants, according to health authorities. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said all arrivals, regardless of their nationality, must submit negative PCR test results conducted within 72 hours prior to their departure for Korea.The document must be in hard copy form issued in English or Korean. If it cannot be issued in either language, a supplemental translated version certifying the translation should be submitted along with the original test result.Transfer passengers passing through Korea without entering are excluded from the rule. Foreign nationals who fail to hand in the test results will be barred from entering. Korean citizens who do not submit negative PCR test results will be tested at a temporary living facility and be required to self-isolate

Feb 24, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
All overseas arrivals required to submit negative PCR test results
Health

Doubts raised over achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 by November

A medical staffer takes part in a training for COVID-19 vaccinationat a nursing home in Gwangju, Tuesday, ahead of the inoculation scheduled to start on Friday. YonhapBy Lee Hyo-jin The government's rollout of its COVID-19 vaccination program is just around the corner with the goal of achieving herd immunity in Korea by November. But health experts say that this target may not be so easy to reach as the plan could be affected by several variables. Beginning with the first inoculations Friday of patients and healthcare workers aged under 65 at nursing homes, the administration plans to vaccinate 70 percent of the population by September in order to achieve the immunity by the set date.But a recent report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a sister company of The Economist, predicted that Korea's widespread vaccination coverage of 70 percent of adults will only be possible by mid-2022.Criteria taken into account for the forecast included supply and production constraints, vaccine hesitancy, population size, and the availability of healthcare workers. “It is tricky to stabl

Feb 23, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Doubts raised over achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 by November
  • New virus cases rebound to over 400 ahead of vaccine rollout
Society

Professor Kang In appointed new president of Seoul Cyber University

By Lee Hyo-jin Seoul Cyber University has appointed Kang In, a professor of elderly welfare, as the university's new president. The university said Monday that Kang will take office soon as the 10th president, for a second time, as she had earlier served as the seventh president of the schoolProfessor Kang In / Courtesy of Seoul Cyber UniversityKang earned her master's and doctor's degrees in home economics and literature, respectively, at Ewha Womans University. She was appointed recently as an executive director of the International Association of University Presidents (IAUP), an association of chief executives from higher education institutions around the world. Kang is an expert in her field ― she served as vice president of the Korean Society of Gerontological Social Welfare as well as with the Korea Council on Social Welfare Education.Also, she was a member of an experts' committee at the Korean Association of Retired Persons (KARP), a non-government organization affiliated with the United Nations.“I feel a strong sense of responsibility as the new president of Seoul Cybe

Feb 23, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Professor Kang In appointed new president of Seoul Cyber University
Society

Teachers to be punished for carrying on extramarital relationship at work

Jeollabukdo Office of Education building located in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province / Courtesy of Jeollabukdo Office of EducationBy Lee Hyo-jin Two teachers at an elementary school in Jangsu, North Jeolla Province, face disciplinary action for carrying on an extramarital relationship during work hours, according to the provincial education office, Monday. Through a recent audit, Jeollabukdo Office of Education confirmed the affair between the two faculty members ― a married male teacher and a single female teacher ― in an elementary school in its jurisdiction. The investigation was prompted by a public petition filed on Cheong Wa Dae's website last December.The two teachers allegedly engaged in inappropriate acts on school grounds including the classroom, and took multiple photos of themselves together, including shots of them kissing in an empty classroom. During a field trip, they allegedly neglected their duties as teachers by leaving students with the instructors of the cultural center they were visiting so that they could go off on their own. They also exchanged private text messa

Feb 22, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Teachers to be punished for carrying on extramarital relationship at work
Politics

Number of foreigners overstaying their visas hits record high amid COVID-19

Undocumented foreigners stand in line to make voluntary reports on their status at Incheon International Airport in this March 2020 photo. YonhapBy Lee Hyo-jin The estimated number of foreign nationals who have overstayed their visas in Korea has reached an all-time high amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to data from the Ministry of Justice. Earlier this week, the Korea Immigration Service (KIS) released its statistics for 2020 that included the estimated number of such people overstaying their visas. The rate among the total number of foreign nationals marked a record high of 19.3 percent, up 3.8 percentage points from 15.5 percent in 2019.The total number of undocumented foreigners also reached a record high of 392,196, up from 392,081 in 2019. The figure has been steadily rising since 2016.Among them, around 281,000, or 70 percent, were short-term visitors, who had initially entered the country without a visa for a 90-day stay.Another 108,000 were long-term stayers, according to the report. The KIS added that there has been an increase in the number of foreign workers overs

Feb 20, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Number of foreigners overstaying their visas hits record high amid COVID-19
  • National Human Rights Commission welcomes birth registration of undocumented foreigners' kids
  • Coronavirus field inspections due at foreigner-dense workplaces
Health

National Human Rights Commission welcomes birth registration of undocumented foreigners' kids

Korea's National Human Rights Commission welcomed a recent move by the Ministry of Justice seeking to allow undocumented foreign nationals to register their children's births. GettyimagesbankBy Lee Hyo-jin The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) welcomed a recent move by the Ministry of Justice to allow undocumented foreign residents to register their children's births, calling it “the first step in guaranteeing the human rights of all children.”The NHRCK said in a statement Thursday that the Ministry's decision will help protect all children, regardless of their nationality, from abuse and mistreatment. Earlier this week, the Ministry announced plans to establish a registration system for non-Korean children born here, in a bid to guarantee their child-related rights and benefits. “The act on the registration of family relations limits birth registration to Korean nationals, thereby excluding children born between undocumented foreign nationals from various child-related benefits and protections,” said the NHRCK in a statement. Under the current

Feb 19, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
National Human Rights Commission welcomes birth registration of undocumented foreigners' kids
  • Number of foreigners overstaying their visas hits record high amid COVID-19
Health

'When can I get my COVID-19 vaccine?': Korea's vaccination plan explained

By Lee Hyo-jin With COVID-19 vaccines set to roll out here Feb. 26, all eyes are on who will be the first to receive the shots and in what order everyone else will be vaccinated. As the health authorities are planning to inoculate 70 percent of the population, or up to 36 million people, by September with the hopes of achieving herd immunity by November, they have divided the vaccination schedule into four stages, spelling out the groups by each quarter in order of priority.Below are some questions and answers on how, when and where COVID-19 vaccinations will take place here, based on information provided by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Q. Who will receive the vaccines first?Patients, medical staff and caregivers under the age of 65 at nursing homes, estimated to be up to around 272,000 people, will be inoculated with the first batch of AstraZeneca's doses starting from Feb. 26. Elderly citizens aged 65 or over have been excluded from the first phase due to a lack of data to support the efficacy of the drug company's vaccine on senior citizens. Starting fro

Feb 19, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
'When can I get my COVID-19 vaccine?': Korea's vaccination plan explained
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