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Gov't to implement virus preventive measures in crammed immigration detention centers

The entrance to the Hwaseong Immigration Processing Center in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi Province / YonhapBy Lee Hyo-jin The government will implement COVID-19 preventive measures at immigration detention processing centers nationwide where foreign nationals facing deportation are held, according to the health authorities and the Ministry of Justice.The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters announced, Monday, a set of measures drawn up by the ministry for effective control and prevention of the spread of the coronavirus in the densely packed facilities. In order to resolve overcrowding issues, the ministry will speed up the deportation procedure for people detained in them in cooperation with the relevant governmental bodies.Also, a “Voluntary departure deposit system” will be enacted from Jan. 21 to encourage the voluntary departure of foreign nationals who have overstayed their visa and subject to deportation without detention. Under the system, foreigners facing deportation can leave the country voluntarily if they submit a payment of up to 20 million won ($1

Jan 11, 2021By Lee Hyo-jin
Gov't to implement virus preventive measures in crammed immigration detention centers

Il-Yang Pharm CEO honored for contributions in healthcare

By Nam Hyun-wooIl-Yang Pharmaceutical CEO Kim Dong-yeonIl-Yang Pharmaceutical CEO Kim Dong-yeon has received the top prize in the healthcare segment of the 6th Korea Awards, for his firm's contribution to developing the leukemia treatment Supect.According to the World Federation of Power Leaders, the organizer of the awards, Monday, Kim was chosen as the winner of the award in acknowledgement of Il-Yang Pharmaceutical's achievement in developing the treatment, which won domestic approval in 2012 as the 18th novel drug developed in Korea. Supect won keen attention among as one of the substitutes for Novartis' Gleevec, due to its comparatively cheaper price. Supect's cost for a monthly course is 1.79 million won, while that of Gleevec ranges from 3 million won to 6 million won in Korea. In February last year, a team led by Kim Dong-wook of Seoul St. Mary's Hematology Hospital published an article in the British Journal of Haematology, and stated Supect has been statistically proven to have a better therapeutic effect in more patients than Gleevec in a four-year study tracking 241 chron

Jan 11, 2021By Nam Hyun-woo
Il-Yang Pharm CEO honored for contributions in healthcare

Moon says all citizens will be given free COVID-19 vaccines

President Moon Jae-in gives his New Year's speech at Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul, Monday. YonhapPresident Moon Jae-in said Monday that the government will provide all South Korean people with free-of-charge COVID-19 vaccines in phases starting next month."(The government) will make sure that all of the people will be inoculated free of charge in accordance with priorities," he said in his New Year's address, assuring that inoculation will begin in February.Having signed contracts with some foreign vaccine makers, South Korea expects the first-batch delivery of products within the coming weeks.Moon also cited the ongoing process of reviewing the effectiveness and safety of a treatment developed by a South Korean firm and promised to make public all relevant procedures transparently."(The government) will continue to encourage South Korea's own vaccine development" as part of efforts for "vaccine sovereignty" and global health care cooperation, he added in the televised 26-minute speech.The end of a "dark tunnel" in the antivirus fight "is seen, at long last," the president said, adding tha

Jan 11, 2021
Moon says all citizens will be given free COVID-19 vaccines
  • New virus cases at over 1-month low
  • Moon's plan for free COVID-19 vaccination questioned
  • New virus cases in 500s on tougher curbs, alert high over potential upticks

New virus cases at over 1-month low

Medical workers wait for people as they prepare to take nasal samples at a coronavirus testing site in Seoul, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. APSouth Korea's new coronavirus cases rose by the smallest number in 41 days Monday apparently on the back of tightened social distancing measures and fewer tests over the weekend.The country added 451 more COVID-19 cases, including 419 local infections, raising the total caseload to 69,114, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).Monday's daily caseload marks the first time since Dec. 1 that the daily figure stayed in the 400 range and also a sharp drop from 665 recorded on Sunday, 641 on Saturday and 674 on Friday. An average of 693 daily new cases were reported across the country over the past week, staying in the 600 range for the first time since early December, the KDCA said. However, fewer tests are usually carried out during the weekend. The country has enforced the Level 2.5 social distancing scheme in the greater Seoul area, which is the second highest in the country's five-tier scheme, and Level 2 rules in other are

Jan 11, 2021
New virus cases at over 1-month low
  • Moon says all citizens will be given free COVID-19 vaccines

Childhood obesity on the rise during pandemic

Getty Images BankBy Jung Da-minThe increase in childhood obesity in recent years has been especially accelerated due changes in lifestyle brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the medical community.Medical experts said as children have been spending more time at home due to the pandemic, they have been less physically active and tend to be eating more snack food, especially late at night.According to a study by Yi Dae-yong, a clinical associate professor at Chung-Ang University Hospital's department of pediatrics based on statistics from the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service under the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the number of children and adolescents under the age of 20 who received hospital treatment for obesity has more than doubled in four years from 1,837 in 2015 to 3,812 in 2019. During the same period, the proportion of obese patients under the age of 20 also rose from 11.3 percent to 16.3 percent.Experts warn that the increase in childhood obesity is being accelerated because of the pandemic, with a study by Lee Kee-hyoung, a professor at Korea Uni

Jan 11, 2021
Childhood obesity on the rise during pandemic

Korea's highly pathogenic bird flu cases rise to 51

Health workers in protective suits begin culling of ducks after H5N8 strain of bird flu was detected among domestic birds in India, Jan.5. AP-YonhapThe number of highly pathogenic bird flu cases in Korea stood at 51 on Sunday after the country added another confirmed case from a duck farm in a southeastern county, officials said. The latest case was found in a broiler duck farm in Geochang, South Gyeongsang Province, about 300 km away from Seoul, according to officials. It was confirmed as the malign H5N8 type. A standstill order has been issued for all poultry farms in Geochang. The agriculture ministry said Saturday that tests were under way on three suspected cases, including one from another duck farm in a southern region and one from an egg farm in a city near Seoul. The country had culled nearly 15 million poultry as of Friday. (Yonhap)

Jan 10, 2021
Korea's highly pathogenic bird flu cases rise to 51

New virus cases stay below 700 for 3rd day despite steady cluster infections

A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against the coronavirus clears snow at a shopping street in Seoul, Jan. 7. AP-YonhapKorea's new coronavirus cases remained at the 600 mark for the third consecutive day on Sunday as social distancing measures had a slight effect despite steady cluster infections.The country added 665 more COVID-19 cases, including 631 local infections, raising the total caseload to 68,664, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The figure was slightly up from a one-month low of 641 on Saturday, the fewest daily infections since Dec. 8, when the country added 594 additional cases. The daily figure reached 674 on Friday. The country's daily virus figure stayed below 1,000 for the sixth consecutive day. Health officials said the third wave of the outbreak "appears to have peaked" with the curve marking a downward trend. But they warned against feeling at ease, as infections from small and private group gatherings continue to be reported, along with the new virus variant from Britain."We can only start easing the control measures ca

Jan 10, 2021
New virus cases stay below 700 for 3rd day despite steady cluster infections

Has Korea passed peak of 3rd wave of COVID-19?

A person enters a makeshift COVID-19 testing clinic in central Seoul, Sunday. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiDaily new COVID-19 cases remained at the 600 mark here for Sunday, the third consecutive day, with government officials commenting that the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic has appeared to have passed its peak.Considering the potential for localized infections and the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, however, many are calling for caution against such premature optimism.“I am cautiously saying that I think the third pandemic wave has passed its peak,” Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a National Assembly plenary session Friday. “The number of daily new COVID-19 cases is on the decline and the reproduction rate has stayed slightly below 1 over the past week,” Chung said. In fact, the daily caseload, which had soared to nearly 1,200 per day, has been in the 600 range for three consecutive days of the last seven ― a clear sign that it could be abating. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the nation reported 665 more COVID

Jan 10, 2021By Bahk Eun-ji
Has Korea passed peak of 3rd wave of COVID-19?

COVID-19 cases stay below 700 for 3rd day despite steady cluster infections

With a face shield on, a labor union member of KORAIL Networks, a subsidiary of South Korean state railway operator KORAIL, joins in the union's walkout on its 60th day at Seoul Station on Jan. 9 as they demand wage raise and improvement in working environment. YonhapSouth Korea's new coronavirus cases remained at the 600 mark for the third consecutive day on Sunday as social distancing measures had a slight effect despite steady cluster infections. The country added 665 more COVID-19 cases, including 631 local infections, raising the total caseload to 68,664, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The figure was slightly up from a one-month low of 641 on Saturday, the fewest daily infections since Dec. 8, when the country added 594 additional cases. The daily figure reached 674 on Friday. The country's daily virus figure stayed below 1,000 for the sixth consecutive day. South Korea has been operating the so-called Level 2.5 social distancing scheme in the greater Seoul area, which is the second highest in the country's five-tier scheme, and Level 2 rules

Jan 10, 2021
COVID-19 cases stay below 700 for 3rd day despite steady cluster infections
  • COVID-19 precautions drive down flu cases

COVID-19 cases in South Korea below 1,000 for 5th day

Yoga instructors gather in front of the headquarters of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Yeouido in the Yeongdeungpo District of Seoul, Jan. 8, demanding the central government allow them to provide lessons. The signs read, “Drinking without putting on masks is okay but doing yoga with masks on isn't?” Yonhap Fewer than 1,000 daily new COVID-19 cases were reported here for the fifth consecutive day, Friday, but the government is remaining vigilant over potential infection clusters coupled with looming concerns over the spread of possible coronavirus variants. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said it had detected 641 more infections, including 596 local ones, raising the total caseload to 67,999This was the lowest daily figure since Dec. 8, when the country added 594 cases, and a drop from 674 the previous day.The authorities attributed this as the latest sign of a slowdown in the local spread of COVID-19 due to the country's tough social distancing policies. The government has imposed its Level 2.5 social distancing regulations, the second hig

Jan 9, 2021
COVID-19 cases in South Korea below 1,000 for 5th day
  • COVID-19 precautions drive down flu cases
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