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Korea detects 3 'Mu' variant cases for first time

In this Aug. 3 file photo, foreign arrivals follow instructions from health care workers at Incheon International Airport. YonhapSouth Korea has confirmed the country's first cases of a coronavirus strain called "Mu" from three patients, health authorities said Friday.The variant, which was first identified in Colombia, was confirmed from three imported cases from Mexico, United States and Colombia, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said, without providing further details.The World Health Organization earlier said the Mu variant has been detected in 39 countries so far, labeling it as a "variant of concern" and joining the ranks of the Alpha, Beta, Gamma and Delta variants of the virus. The KDCA said it will continue to monitor such variants from imported cases. (Yonhap)

Sep 3, 2021
Korea detects 3 'Mu' variant cases for first time
  • Gov't eases COVID-19 restrictions for Chuseok holiday

New cases tipped to stay in 1,800s on surge in greater Seoul

A man gets tested for COVID-19 at a testing center in Seoul Station, Sept. 3. YonhapSouth Korea's daily new coronavirus cases are likely to stay in the 1,800s on Saturday as the greater Seoul area reported a surge in cases. As of 9 p.m. Friday, 1,744 new cases were reported across the country, according to health authorities and local governments. Daily new cases are counted until midnight and announced the following morning. The tally was up 92 from the same time the previous day and up 115 from the same time a week earlier. The greater Seoul area reported 1,221 new cases, accounting for 70 percent of the total, with 523 new cases reported in other areas.Early in the day, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 1,709 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,675 local infections, raising the total caseload to 257,110. It marked a slight drop from the 1,961 tallied Thursday. Daily cases have stayed above 1,000 for 59 consecutive days.The country added five more deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 2,308, the KDCA said. The fatality rate came to 0.9 percent.T

Sep 3, 2021
New cases tipped to stay in 1,800s on surge in greater Seoul

Korea renews toughened social distancing rules for 1 month: PM

In this July 15 file photo, a notice of temporary closure is attached to a restaurant in Seoul as Level 4 social distancing rules are implemented in the metropolitan area. YonhapSouth Korea will maintain toughened social distancing rules across the nation for one more month, the prime minister said Friday, as the country is bracing for a potential upsurge in infections in the runup to the traditional Chuseok holiday. Under the renewed plan that will be effective from Monday to Oct. 3, the greater Seoul area will remain under the toughest Level 4 social distancing, while the rest of the country will be under Level 3, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said during an interagency meeting on the government's coronavirus response.The government partly relieved the current 9 p.m. curfew on cafes and restaurants in the capital area, allowing them to open till 10 p.m. during the next month. Under the new social distancing scheme, a social gathering of up to six people will be allowed in the capital area after 6 p.m. if four of them are fully vaccinated. (Yonhap)

Sep 3, 2021
Korea renews toughened social distancing rules for 1 month: PM

Passage of CCTV bill draws mixed reactions from patient, doctor groups

An employee at a hospital in Dobong District, northern Seoul, looks at the monitor showing the inside of an operating room through a surveillance camera, Aug. 23. YonhapSurveillance cameras in operating rooms to be mandatory from 2023By Lee Hyo-jinA controversial bill on requiring the installation of surveillance cameras in hospital operating rooms has been approved by the National Assembly, drawing mixed reactions from patient and doctor groups. The revision bill to the Medical Service Act was passed at a plenary session, Tuesday, in a 135 to 24 vote, with 24 abstentions.Under the new measures, which will take effect from Aug. 30, 2023, hospitals should be equipped with closed-circuit cameras in operating rooms and must video-record surgical procedures, without audio, upon request of the patient or guardian. Audio can be recorded upon mutual consent of the medical personnel and the patient.The recorded footage must be saved for more than 30 days. Viewing the video will be allowed upon request by an investigative body, a court, or when both the medical personnel and the patient agree

Sep 3, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Passage of CCTV bill draws mixed reactions from patient, doctor groups

Deal between gov't, health workers' union

Na Soon-ja, left, president of the Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union, and Health Minister Kwon Deok-cheol pose after signing an agreement to improve medical workers' working conditions, at the Korea Institute for Healthcare Accreditation building in Seoul, early Thursday morning. As they reached an agreement, the union called off its strike slated to begin later in the day, and the government will come up with measures by October to support health workers at COVID-19 testing sites and hospitals who have suffered from burnout and fatigue due to a workforce shortage. Yonhap

Sep 2, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Deal between gov't, health workers' union

Gov't to review cases of menstrual problems after COVID vaccine shots

People are seated after receiving COVID-19 vaccine shots to monitor for any adverse effects at a vaccination center in Mapo District, Seoul, Wednesday. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiA growing number of women in Korea are complaining about menstrual problems as well as metrorrhagia, or intermenstrual uterine bleeding, after receiving COVID-19 vaccines.Health authorities pledged to step up monitoring to determine if there is a causal relationship between the health problems and the vaccines.A woman posted a petition on the Cheong Wa Dae website, Tuesday, calling on authorities to include menstruation-related problems as possible side effects of coronavirus vaccines so they can be eligible for government support.“There are many cases of women experiencing irregular menstrual bleeding after getting coronavirus vaccine shots. But when they visit hospitals, they are only prescribed with contraceptive pills or advised to take Tylenol, and are unable to report this as an adverse reaction to the vaccine,” the petitioner wrote.“If the symptoms which many women are experiencing are igno

Sep 2, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Gov't to review cases of menstrual problems after COVID vaccine shots

Pandemic brings some positive changes to Koreans' health: study

gettyimagesbank By Yoon Ja-youngMany people feared that they would gain much weight as they stayed home more due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but a recent study showed that it is not true. In fact, Koreans have become healthier in some diagnostic tests such as blood sugar and cholesterol tests, and this may be partly due to positive effect of eating at home, experts say. A research team led by Professor Song Sang-wook of family medicine at the Catholic University of Korea St. Vincent's Hospital tracked data of 1,867 people who took consecutive annual medical checkups at the hospital in 2019 and 2020. They weighed on average 67.1 kilograms in 2019 before the pandemic, and their average weight only slightly increased to 67.3 kilograms the next year amid the pandemic. Their body mass index (BMI), which indicates the percentage of an individual's body fat, also increased to 24.3 from 24.2, but the research team said it is negligible increase. Subjects' average blood pressu

Sep 2, 2021By Yoon Ja-young
Pandemic brings some positive changes to Koreans' health: study

New virus cases under 2,000

People weaning face masks cross Cheonggye stream in Seoul, Sept. 1. AP-YonhapSouth Korea's daily new coronavirus cases fell back below 2,000 on Thursday, as the country is planning to unveil revised distancing guidelines later this week that may potentially include allowing family gatherings during the Chuseok holiday.The country added 1,961 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,927 local infections, raising the total caseload to 255,401, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The number marked a slight drop from the 2,025 tallied Wednesday. Daily cases have stayed above 1,000 for 58 consecutive days.The number of patients normally falls over the weekend and rises later in the week as more people get tested, often breaching the 2,000 mark.The country added 11 more deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 2,303, the KDCA said. The number of patients with serious symptoms across the country reached 371, down 28 from the previous day.Health authorities believe the current virus curbs, which center on banning gatherings of more than two after 6 p.m. in the

Sep 2, 2021
New virus cases under 2,000
  • Health authorities at crossroads over social distancing measures for Chuseok
  • Health workers call off planned strike after last-minute deal with gov't

Health workers call off planned strike after last-minute deal with gov't

A medical worker wearing protective gear in a booth takes a sample from a woman during a COVID-19 testing at a coronavirus testing site in Seoul, Sept. 1. Korea's unionized health workers have called off their planned strike, just hours before they were set to go on a nationwide strike amid the pandemic. AP-YonhapSouth Korea's unionized health workers called off their planned strike Thursday, hours before the unionized workers were set to go on a nationwide strike amid the pandemic.The Korean Health and Medical Workers' Union (KHMU), representing more than 56,000 nurses, pharmacists and other health care professionals, said it reached an agreement with the government in their last-ditch talks held the day before.The decision to call off the planned strike came after midnight as union members took time to discuss the tentative agreement with the government, which focuses on improving their working conditions.The sides were said to have agreed on the need to avoid any vacuum in medical services amid the COVID-19 pandemic.Under the agreement, the government will come up with detailed me

Sep 2, 2021
Health workers call off planned strike after last-minute deal with gov't
  • New virus cases under 2,000

Food poisoning cases lead consumers to shun gimbap

gettyimagesbankBy Yoon Ja-youngA series of food poisoning incidents at restaurants that sell gimbap are making consumers shun the staple Korean dish.Gimbap, or seaweed rice rolls that come with various ingredients such as vegetables, eggs and processed meat, is one of the most easily accessible food in the country, but food poisoning incidents have made headlines recently. Over 130 victims filed a class action suit against a gimbap franchise following an incident in which 276 people who ate gimbap at two of its branches in Bundang District, Seongnam City between July 29 and Aug. 2 showed food poisoning symptoms. Around 40 of them were hospitalized for treatment.Another food poisoning incident occurred in Paju between Aug. 19 and 22, when 27 customers from a gimbap restaurant got sick, and most recently in Goyang on Aug. 23, in which 29 suffered symptoms such as fever and diarrhea. Among them, a female in her 20s died two days later. Park Ji-yeon, a mom of two kids in Seocho District, Seoul, said she is refraining from buying gimbap. “I bought gimbap at least twice a week as a s

Sep 1, 2021By Yoon Ja-young
Food poisoning cases lead consumers to shun gimbap
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