Effective Wednesday, the country will reduce the four-category Covid crisis level from the second-highest "alert" to the lowest "concern" to fully return to pre-pandemic conditions, according to the Central Disaster and Security Response Headquarters. Will come. Yonhap news agency reported that the situation has returned to normal.
The decision comes more than four years after the first case of the new coronavirus was reported in the country on January 20, 2020.
At the move, mask mandates at hospitals and related facilities were removed entirely, and infection testing before entry into nursing hospitals and other risk-prone facilities became a recommendation rather than mandatory.
The government no longer fully supports the cost of Covid testing or hospitalization and patients have to pay for oral antiviral pills, including Paxlovid.
Officials said the free vaccination program will be available until the 2023-2020 season, with the latter limited to high-risk groups, such as senior citizens and people with immune-compromised health problems.
The decision comes more than four years after the first case of the new coronavirus was reported in the country on January 20, 2020.
At the move, mask mandates at hospitals and related facilities were removed entirely, and infection testing before entry into nursing hospitals and other risk-prone facilities became a recommendation rather than mandatory.
The government no longer fully supports the cost of Covid testing or hospitalization and patients have to pay for oral antiviral pills, including Paxlovid.
Officials said the free vaccination program will be available until the 2023-2020 season, with the latter limited to high-risk groups, such as senior citizens and people with immune-compromised health problems.
