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Korea shuts down Covid-19 alert in transition to 'routine management' system

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said it would keep an eye on diseases through routine surveillance, even without a formal alert or a dedicated response team.

2026.7.8

Staff at the Pohang Buk District Health Center in Pohang, North Gyeongsang post a notice at the entrance with information about suspected measles symptoms on Jan. 14, 2019. [NEWS1]

KDCA urges travelers returning from countries with measles outbreaks to remain vigilant

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Wednesday urged travelers returning from countries experiencing measles outbreaks during the May holiday season to remain vigilant for three weeks.

2025.5.7

KDCA calls Covid-19 wave ‘manageable’ and a process to reach endemic stage

The current wave of Covid-19 is manageable and a seasonal "process" toward reaching the endemic stage, the chief of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Wednesday, assuring people that health authorities can contain the virus.

2024.8.21

A worker at a convenience store in Seoul places at-home Covid test kits on a stall on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

Health authorities say Covid resurgence too early to call as cases spike

Health authorities said Wednesday that it was still too early to declare a coronavirus resurgence in Korea despite a five-fold increase in hospitalized Covid-19 patients in just a single month.

2024.8.7

A disease control official monitors thermal footage of passengers who have arrived at Incheon International Airport in this stock photo from 2019. [YONHAP]

Health officials urge vigilance against imported measles

The national disease control agency has requested that health care workers remain vigilant for imported measles cases after one more case from abroad was confirmed last month.

2024.2.1

Jee Young-mee, the commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, speaks during the first intergovernmental agencies’ meeting regarding infectious respiratory diseases at the agency headquarters in Cheongju, North Chungcheong, on Monday noon. [YONHAP]

Government ramping up efforts to combat respiratory disease 'twindemic'

The government is gearing up to roll out public health measures to combat the “twindemic” of mycoplasma pneumonia and influenza.

2023.12.19

Home appliances and equipment used in a bedbug-extermination experiment [SCREEN CAPTURE]

New video reveals most effective methods of bedbug elimination

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency released a video experimenting various methods for eliminating bedbugs, including heat, steam, and bug zappers.

2023.11.17

A medical worker posts a notice of Covid-19's impending downgrade from level two to the lowest four on the window of a testing booth at a screening clinic located in Gwangju's Buk District on Wednesday, a day before the classification change takes effect. [GWANGJU BUK DISTRICT OFFICE]

Covid patients to cough up more starting Thursday

Most people who catch Covid-19 in Korea will be forced to shoulder a greater personal burden after the virus is downgraded on Thursday, marking the end of large-scale state support and monitoring of patients.

2023.8.30

Commuters wear masks on a platform at Suyu Station in Gangbuk District, northern Seoul, on Wednesday. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency announced the same day that the daily average number of Covid-19 cases during the previous week had surpassed 45,000. [NEWS1]

Health authorities recommend masks again as Covid-19 spikes

The chief of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) urged Koreans to reconsider their choice to go mask-free as the daily average number of Covid-19 cases in the past week surpassed 45,000.

2023.8.2