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Daily report on COVID19 cases inside South Korea As a part of our effort to provide more information to foreigner travelers coming to Korea, here you will find a daily report on COVID-19 cases inside South Korea: Today, Thursday March 31st, the Korean government reported 320,743 new cases. The total of cases now stands at […]

After months of strict COVID-19 regulations, the Korean government is starting to relax the conditions for foreigner travelers flying to South Korea. For now, November 2021, nationals from countries not requiring visa to enter Korea can apply for a quarantine exemption at any Korean Embassy or Consulate. This rule is ONLY for those fully vaccinated,

This is the 3rd and last post we are going to share about what Korea has done to control the coronavirus COVID-19 spread. Along the previous two posts, Medical Avenue’s team intention is to present the efforts Korean citizens and government have taken to fight the COVID-19 outbreak. We do not pretend for these posts

As we mentioned during Part 1 of these three posts about what Korea has done to control the coronavirus COVID-19 spread, our sole intention is to give an inside look at the complex system Korea has implemented during this crisis. By no means we try to suggest these are the correct or only measures, procedures

At Medical Avenue, we would like to share what South Korea has done to control the coronavirus COVID-19 spread so far. This and the upcoming texts don’t pretend to be a lesson for anyone or to say all these measures should be applied everywhere. We understand that each country has its own rules and resources.

Media and people usually use “coronavirus” and “COVID-19” as exchangeable terms. They are not. Coronavirus disease COVID-19 is the latest discovered type of the coronaviruses family.  As we all know, the COVID-19 outbreak started in Wuhan, China, December last year (2019). Two months later, after spreading to different provinces inside China, the virus was first