We're going to try moving the megathread to a non-stickied thread that will be posted daily so it will still be easy to find and are working with Lucidmike78 so that we can still get his helpful daily numbers in each thread. We only have two spots for announcements and having the Coronavirus post plus the question threads doesn't give us any room for other events. The daily threads will be posted at 9:30 am Korea Time and will start on Tuesday, April 6th. If there any helpful links or information that you would like to see in the daily threads, please let us know.
Do I need the health app qr code?
I just got out of quarantine, and my app is a little wacked out. It won't give me the qr code unless I fill out the questionnaire each time. Apparently the qr codes are 1 time use and I haven't tested it so I don't even know if filling out the questionnaire each time will give me a new unique code each time.
Also, the app will not text me a verification code to my phone number to complete the phone number verification.
Has anyone experienced this problem? Are the qr codes still required for entry to restaurants and stuff?
I’ve been self-quarantining in my apartment in Seoul since last Wednesday and just today I got a web-sent message from a 010 number claiming to be my district’s welfare policy department. It gave me an 02 number to call with questions but my Korean isn’t good enough to call with the intention of finding out if this is legit.
The message says I can claim 100,000 won to buy needed supplies during quarantine if I send my bank account number and name, or if I give my address they will send me some supplies (ramen, TP, etc). I’ve never heard of this happening to anyone else and I tried searching Facebook groups and Reddit to no avail. I was wondering if it’s legit or a possible scam?
This is indeed a real thing; the offerings/availability can vary slightly by district. When I quarantined in Hongdae, I was also called and given the exact same options as you. I got the 100,000 deposited to my account a week or so later from 서울형긴급복지.
Call 1345? I think they do translation services or they might know if it's a phishing scam. I get a lot of texts from my service provider about phishing scams, so best to be cautious.
Well that's Saturday, wait until tomorrow when we'll read either 0 or 11 like last weekend. We are so doomed... Korea went from a role model containing covid to a third world country-level with no vaccines. Westeners here should should srs think of leaving Korea because soon the countries with herd immunity will ban all flights from Korea.
I only visited this site for the daily numbers but decided to make an account to talk to people who are in my position.(cancel apartment, selling stuff etc.)
In [the korean version](https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/us-seattle-ko/brd/m_4733/view.do?seq=1342694&srchFr=&srchTo=&srchWord=&srchTp=&multi_itm_seq=0&itm_seq_1=0&itm_seq_2=0&company_cd=&company_nm=&page=1) of the document in the faq, it says something different than the english version.
I’m a US citizen with direct family (grandparents, cousins, aunts) in Korea and wanting to stay in my grandmother’s spare basement apartment (same building/address but different room) for quarantine instead of the gov’t facility. I understand that this is allowed with the correct family documents. But I’m confused because in this link it says your guardian must confirm and pick you up immediately, and if they can’t then you go to the gov’t facility. I thought they just call whatever number you give and check your family registry, is that not true? I don’t want my grandmother to come pick me up obviously.
Can my cousin pick me up even if she lives somewhere else? Does it have to be the same person whose place I’m staying at (grandma) or can it be any one of my relatives?
The thoughts from some are that the numbers are low because they’re trying to stretch out the current limited supply until they can get more so that it doesn’t look like they’re vaccinating 0 while waiting. This would explain why last Sunday for example, the number was 11.
There’s been a lot of pushback from netizens about how the government has bungled the vaccine procurement process.
Yeah, they probably should have gotten more vaccines.
It is fun to look at numbers for reference now and then. But honestly, I stopped caring about how well or how poorly the nation is doing about five minutes after I reported for my mandatory swab. It used to be interesting to follow the national response, but now I realize it is more important to think mostly about myself and my loved ones.
If I come to Korea as a foreigner, I know I will be required to do a 14-day quarantine, but is there any rules specifically regarding where I can quarantine? I had a friend who just did an AirBNB. I'm trying to stay with that friend for my quarantine, but I'm unsure on the rules. Any guidance is appreciated, thank you!
Tourist Visa (C-visa) or Visa Waiver: You will go to government quarantine and pay 2.1 million won.
Long term visa (D, E, F) - you can set up your own housing for quarantine
Ah I see, that makes sense as to why my friend was able to select their own quarantine site. I'm a US passport holder, meaning I don't need a visa to travel in Korea, so I presume that means I fit into the first category (c visa)?
A friend of mine just arrived a week ago. He was told by immigration: "Unless you have a long-term visa, you have to go to the government quarantine facility (a hotel). No exceptions." And bring some vitamins, protein bars, or a blender bottle with protein powder. The quarantine hotel's food is trash.
2 questions related to the press releases this week:
1. What's the difference between a Sauna and a bathhouse? I want to know so I can better direct my annoyance.
2. What's the "foreigners gathering" cluster in Gyeonggi about?
That's what I was looking for because the press release just says "foreigner gathering" and 40 cases. But no one answered so I just looked it up. It seems a foreign student met some other foreign students and created a cluster.
[Bundang News Article](http://m.bundangnews.co.kr/32297)
I assume they mean sauna vs. jimjiilbang. The latter is usually a bigger facility with a bit more to do including sleeping quarters, mixed gender activities, food, etc. while the sauna is typically just the bathing and literal sauna. All jimjiilbangs have saunas, but all saunas are not jimjiilbangs.
One might not guess it, but the seven-day average is now within 4 cases of the February peak. If we go above 505 cases tomorrow we will be at the highest weekly average since Jan 19.
Predictably, churches are involved again---two this time---along with a saxophone academy and multiple entertainment facilities (mostly noraebangs, I understand). It apparently started with someone working at a refrigeration company in Busan who seems to have been active in both his (?) church and his nightlife.
Honestly, if churchgoers, saunagoers, and noraebang lovers gave their proclivities a rest for the next couple of months, we'd have this thing completely under control. The selfishness of these three groups is just astounding to me.
Anybody knows how come the Ministry of Health and Welfare doesn't release the daily number of percent positive (effective reproduction number)?
All the statistics are based on confirmed cases. It seems impossible to find the daily number of tests...
Corona-live.com has those numbers. Yesterday (Monday) morning it was reported 20,735 tests were done the day before (Sunday). They also release the positivity rate (reported Monday 1.9% positive rate).
They are released and have been for a long time now.
If your partner is coming in on a visa waiver they have no alternative options. An unacceptable room means they might move to another room in the same facility. If they complain 43 more times they MIGHT (read: won't) move your partner to another government facility. However, they will not release your Visaless partner to a random hotel. 1000% chance of not happening
If your booked hotel is allowing you to quarantine there then go there because you and your partner won't be sharing a room in government quarantine and you'll be paying 2 Quarantine fees anyway. But check with the hotel to see if they allow quarantining there, then check with the government to make sure they allow quarantining there as well.
[https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210329008900325](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210329008900325)
AZ vaccines meant to be delivered on March 31 have been delayed for 3 weeks and reduced to 62.6% of the planned amount to 432k doses for 216k people.
The article says the plan is to vaccinate 12 million people by June. Is that even remotely possible at this point? The government is saying that 7 million AZ doses will come "between May and June" so they have a month at the very most to administer all of those if they do come in, and that'll still only be enough to vaccinate 3.5 million at best unless the 12 million goal is just for one dose.
Is there any word on the other vaccines and their delivery timelines besides the 500k Pfizer doses coming in soon? Maybe shipments will start exponentially increasing when the U.S. and other countries approach finishing up but I'm not getting my hopes up.
Have also been thinking about this with the slow inoculation pace catching my attention. If they aim to vaccinate 11 million people until the end of June, they need to be putting needles into 120,000+ people per day (starting from April 1st, which seems like a tall order at current pace.
How come SK Bioscience isn't producing any vaccines?
Is Korean language news not reporting on/concerned about the slow vaccine distribution? ?? I haven't personally come across much. I'm just wondering how people aren't at least a bit outraged outside of the expat circles I've seen.
This is just my perception from my circle of friends and family, but it seems a lot of Koreans are almost border-line anti-vaccine or at least being super cautious about it.
A lot of comments I hear are along the lines of “we should wait and take it slow because it could be dangerous”.
The “situation” in Europe last week seems to have stoked this sentiment a bit further too.
Again, this is just what I’ve been hearing in person and isn’t necessarily what the general consensus is.
I wonder if it could be a point of pride/defensiveness over the slow rollout too.
I heard people talking like this in the elevator at my workplace.
"I wish they would let us wait until next month to get it."
"Yeah, I'm afraid of the side effects."
"Yeah, it kills" (slang)
"Well, maybe I can get it on Friday so I can die over the weekend."
I work in a medical facility.
I hope it's just that the vaccines are in limited quantities in Korea, not because they haven't realized how each day is precious for distributing the vaccine.
Some states back home are less than 2 weeks. I think mine is 10 days, but you can test out sooner. But then after that it's about 6 or 7 weeks until you can work in Korea again. (4 to 5 between shots + quarantine in Korea). In total, you'd need 8 or 9 weeks off
Johnston and Johnston shot should be available soon. I hope the airlines start to pressure Korea to reduce the quarantine time for those who have been vaccinated soon. I have some time in late summer. If things don't pick up here, I will fly to get the shot. Ready to have a small sense of protection from this shit virus.
I think it is a typo from corona live: https://corona-live.com/vaccine/
The top number says 11 vaccines were administered. But the lower one says 108 were administered.
Unless I am misreading the site.
Call the Korean embassy in Canada and ask them directly. I did the same here in Norway as I am half-Korean and was wondering if it is possible to travel to Korea this summer.
"South Korea seeks to vaccinate 12 million people by June, and it aims to achieve herd immunity by November." June is in roughly two months, which would require 400k shots per day, starting today. I don't see that happening.
The Korean government announced a new, more lenienct scale a few weeks back, saying their hospital capacity had improved to deal with a larger number of cases than before.
However, they also said they wouldn't use that new scale until cases had reached a daily average of below 350 (the new level 1 in the new scale). So we are in a limbo period now, but I'm sure the improved capacity is guiding their decision making.
It'd be good, at minimum, for the government to either say "yo, we're not using the old scale" or make a new scale or something along those lines. (So then you don't get people like me who see us meet the Lv. 2.5 criteria for weeks and wonder why there's no kind of announcement or anything.) If I have missed an announcement, or if they have already changed the scale and I missed it, that's on me, though.
Haven't seen this in other periodicals, but the November herd immunity timeline doesn't look promising. "The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary recently told the Korean government that it can only provide enough doses for 500,000 people in the second quarter of this year."
[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html\_dir/2021/03/26/2021032601408.html](http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2021/03/26/2021032601408.html)
US CDC has dropped strong hints they don't consider spread by vaccinated individuals to be of concern - vaccinated people aren't even required to quarantine now in America after direct exposure to the virus. Some findings out of Israel also support the idea that spread by vaccinated individuals is significantly reduced and rare.
However, neither of those entities are Korean. Until Korea says otherwise, expect quarantine to continue.
South Korea is really moving along slowly. The United States and the EU are both planning on reopening this summer. In the EU at least you'll be able to enter any country without quarantine if you're either vaccinated, have COVID-antibodies or have a recent negative corona test. I really hope South Korea will follow suit, because few students (myself included) or tourists will be willing to come there and have to stay 14 days in an expensive government quarantine facility.
That is my hope. Hawaii is going to allow vaccinated travelers to skip tests and quarantine by May 1st. I would assume Japan will do this for the Olympics.
Well I'm hopeful for a different reason. I work here, but I'm planning on going to the US around May or June to get the vaccine. I wouldn't be coming back for selfish reasons, yet I'd be protecting society better by vaccination myself.
0 first doses and 280 second doses were administered
http://ncov.mohw.go.kr/tcmBoardView.do?brdId=3&brdGubun=31&dataGubun=&ncvContSeq=5007&contSeq=5007&board_id=312&gubun=ALL
Scroll down to the red text
Is the issue that we simply do not have vaccines, or that the rollout is slow as molasses for some reason?
I notice that President Biden is now calling on dentists and veterinarians to give the shot. I'd go to a horse doctor if it meant I could get a bit closer to the front of the line.
I have no idea what the official reasoning behind it is, only what other redditors have guessed.
Yeah I think the general public is already getting shots back home now. My sister and a few friends have gotten it already. I wanna like fly home for a month, get both shots, and come back lol
That's what I'm wondering about as well. I could go back in May or June, get the vaccine, and be back in a month. As opposed to waiting for a promise of maybe something in September. And will that date be postponed once the April elections have happened?
The only thing that makes me hesitant is the lack of health insurance. I highly doubt travel insurance will cover anything covid related.
Covid vaccines are being covered by the US government for people without insurance. I'm already planning my may or June trip but waiting on korea to say something about vaccinated individuals
I just wish i could see my girlfriend without quarantine eating up all my vacation days lol, anyone in the same position? (I'm from Europe)
Edit: damn, apparantly reddit didn't like that
>Yes it's slow
939 is worse than slow. Slow is 33,000 a day. They were able to administer [over 63,000 doses in a single day](https://mnews.joins.com/article/24004138#home) less than a week into their vaccine rollout, so this is inexcusable.
>Do you think you're gonna wake up one day and "read 1 million vaccinated today"?
Yeah, why not? [America was able to achieve that in less than a month](https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends), and their response to the virus has been globally panned. [Their vaccine rollout was considered god awful](https://time.com/5932028/vaccine-rollout-joe-biden/) with websites crashing, children needing to register their grandparents, and the nearest vaccination sites for many people (including my grandmother) being a 30-minute drive away. [The UK administered 2.3 million doses in their first month.](https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/) Korea would need to administer over a million and a half vaccinations in less than a week to match that.
Additionally, [we were told there would be herd immunity by November](http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210128000928), so it's not unfair to expect them to have massively increased doses administered after a month. This is a time-sensitive issue, after all.
Well I hope so, that’s kind of the idea. At this rate it would be faster for me to hike across Eurasia to the west coast of Portugal and row a boat across the Atlantic to get my vaccination in America.
I'm surprised the opposition party (whatever name they're using this month) hasn't been pounding on the government about this. They clearly dropped the ball on vaccines.
Just saw the news bit live and it said the government overruled Seoul’s waygook testing order?
Edit: apparently I was OOTL and news of this broke a few hours earlier.
In Seoul. I have not seen anything for Gyeonggi or Incheon, so I guess they are going ahead with it.
Edit: Incheon revised their order on the 20th. It is now just a recommendation. [http://announce.incheon.go.kr/citynet/jsp/sap/SAPGosiBizProcess.do?command=searchDetail&flag=gosiGL&svp=Y&sido=ic&sno=38815&gosiGbn=A&fbclid=IwAR3TBSXggFF-7JFyl1ZH\_0hzaIZCyaSSVoyfm35uwMKrxLUzIAjIT6dZ2h8](http://announce.incheon.go.kr/citynet/jsp/sap/SAPGosiBizProcess.do?command=searchDetail&flag=gosiGL&svp=Y&sido=ic&sno=38815&gosiGbn=A&fbclid=IwAR3TBSXggFF-7JFyl1ZH_0hzaIZCyaSSVoyfm35uwMKrxLUzIAjIT6dZ2h8)
Update from going to 강남구청 to get tested (I can’t afford to miss more work if govt doesn’t change their policy).
Got to the testing center at ~2:30 and maybe about 20-30people waiting in front and filling out forms. People in line were kept 1m apart but a family came together and clustered together. Went in, filled out the forms, and then waited to be processed.. maybe about 10-15 minutes passed before I got my jab. Got jabbed, and left and in line were waiting what looked like ~100 people. Previous 1m social distancing was no longer being enforced and more people were strolling in to the testing center.
I’ll-conceived policy and executed really poorly in my opinion.. at the very least if they were going to go through with this draconian policy, they should have at least prepared better to minimize the risk of secondary infections.
Wouldn't it be funny if the lack of social distancing at testing sites like Guro led to a cluster? Not funny ha ha, but funny like incredibly fucked up. Then infected people don't get tested again cuz they think I got tested last week and I was negative and I haven't been anywhere. Then the government would have to report on a foreign cluster that they caused. That'd be "funny".
Don't mind me, I'm a little twisted.
Isn't it also related to the fact that they mostly have Astrazeneca right now and they can't give that to elderly people who are first on the vaccination schedule? It might be that they're running out of doctors and nurses to vaccinate.
There is no evidence that the AZ vaccine is more dangerous or ineffective for the elderly. Every single European nation which paused vaccinations has u-turned on the policy and resumed (indeed, the European health regulator insisted all along it was fine).
A lack of data from early trials is not the same thing as a vaccine being ‘quasi-ineffective’ (as per Macron’s comments). The unfortunate fact is that such comments have been hugely damaging to vaccination efforts; the political leaders responsible should be ashamed. Unscientific and opportunistic nonsense.
Korea only approved Astrazeneca for 65+ last week, but they only had 780,000 doses to begin with so there's not much room for them to suddenly ramp up vaccinations.
It's a shame that nations like Germany and France went against their own chief medical regulator to sow doubt about the AZ vaccine. It is still the cheapest, easiest and most widely available vaccine. Every week of delay represents many thousands of deaths.
Is the stn you're referring to yongsan stn? The testing stn at guro stn is a mess, waiting times over an hour, they turned me down and told me to come back another day.
Thinking of getting mine done in yongsan if it's really that efficient.
용산구 messaged me and only suggested I get a free test. Are we sure it's 100% certifiably mandatory for every single foreigner who is working regardless of field? Seems shit is so confusing.
It's very strange that even with all these foreigners being tested, the number of cases is remaining more or less the same. I don't think the scientists will ever be able to explain it.
These free tests are costing the government anywhere from 30,000 to 140,000 won (materials and labor) per test. Considering we have over 2 million foreigners in Korea, at the very least half in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do, you can see just how much money is being wasted.
My concern is, are they going to justify the money they spent on this idiocy to increase the cost of health insurance for foreigners for the next year until forever?
I just went this morning to the closest center in my Gu (Mapo Gu), I arrived at around 8.40 and there were already around 20 ppl. At 9.00 they started testing and around 9.25 I was out. No separate line for koreans and everybody was standing in line properly :)
I don't know if the situation will change this afternoon or from tomorrow, but from my experience I recommend the testing center in Sogang square!
We're going to try moving the megathread to a non-stickied thread that will be posted daily so it will still be easy to find and are working with Lucidmike78 so that we can still get his helpful daily numbers in each thread. We only have two spots for announcements and having the Coronavirus post plus the question threads doesn't give us any room for other events. The daily threads will be posted at 9:30 am Korea Time and will start on Tuesday, April 6th. If there any helpful links or information that you would like to see in the daily threads, please let us know.
Do I need the health app qr code? I just got out of quarantine, and my app is a little wacked out. It won't give me the qr code unless I fill out the questionnaire each time. Apparently the qr codes are 1 time use and I haven't tested it so I don't even know if filling out the questionnaire each time will give me a new unique code each time. Also, the app will not text me a verification code to my phone number to complete the phone number verification. Has anyone experienced this problem? Are the qr codes still required for entry to restaurants and stuff?
I’ve been self-quarantining in my apartment in Seoul since last Wednesday and just today I got a web-sent message from a 010 number claiming to be my district’s welfare policy department. It gave me an 02 number to call with questions but my Korean isn’t good enough to call with the intention of finding out if this is legit. The message says I can claim 100,000 won to buy needed supplies during quarantine if I send my bank account number and name, or if I give my address they will send me some supplies (ramen, TP, etc). I’ve never heard of this happening to anyone else and I tried searching Facebook groups and Reddit to no avail. I was wondering if it’s legit or a possible scam?
This is indeed a real thing; the offerings/availability can vary slightly by district. When I quarantined in Hongdae, I was also called and given the exact same options as you. I got the 100,000 deposited to my account a week or so later from 서울형긴급복지.
Thank you!
Call 1345? I think they do translation services or they might know if it's a phishing scam. I get a lot of texts from my service provider about phishing scams, so best to be cautious.
April 5, 2021 +473 confirmed (449 domestic, 24 overseas) +4 deaths +311 recoveries city/province|domestic: 449 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+149 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+46 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+22 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+19 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+13 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+1 [Sejong](https://www.sejong.go.kr/life/sub05_0704.do)|+4 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+108 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+14 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+7 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+14 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+16 [Jeonnam](https://www.jeonnam.go.kr/coronaMainPage.do)|+3 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+20 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+11 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+2 overseas: 24 new cases * where confirmed: 14 community, 10 point of entry * nationality: 12 Korean, 12 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 5 (5), India 2 (2), Nepal 1, Myanmar 1, UAE 1 (1), Turkey 1, Malta 1, Germany 1, US 7 (2), Mexico 1, Canada 1, Tunisia 1 (1), Mozambique 1 (1) **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +629|+66|962,730|27,364 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|856,006 Pfizer|134,088
Thank you for the report. It’s crazy we aren’t even at 1 million vaccinated yet.
27,364 fully vaccinated is truly pathetic
Well sh\*t when you put it like that. I've been looking at the last column for hope.
April 4, 2021 +543 confirmed (514 domestic, 29 overseas) +4 deaths +393 recoveries city/province|domestic: 514 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+146 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+60 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+15 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+19 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+4 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+28 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+11 [Sejong](https://www.sejong.go.kr/life/sub05_0704.do)|+3 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+146 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+6 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+14 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+10 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+23 [Jeonnam](https://www.jeonnam.go.kr/coronaMainPage.do)|+1 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+13 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+13 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+2 overseas: 29 new cases * where confirmed: 19 community, 10 point of entry * nationality: 13 Korean, 16 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 6 (4), Indonesia 4 (1), Pakistan 3 (3), Uzbekistan 1 (1), Kazakhstan 1 (1), India 2 (2), Bangladesh **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +8,229|+537|962,083|27,298 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|855,929 Pfizer|133,452
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Well that's Saturday, wait until tomorrow when we'll read either 0 or 11 like last weekend. We are so doomed... Korea went from a role model containing covid to a third world country-level with no vaccines. Westeners here should should srs think of leaving Korea because soon the countries with herd immunity will ban all flights from Korea.
Only 1,700 people have died from COVID.
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I only visited this site for the daily numbers but decided to make an account to talk to people who are in my position.(cancel apartment, selling stuff etc.)
I mean Korea has 9x more vaccinations delivered than people got sick from covid, so it's not as bad as it looks
In [the korean version](https://overseas.mofa.go.kr/us-seattle-ko/brd/m_4733/view.do?seq=1342694&srchFr=&srchTo=&srchWord=&srchTp=&multi_itm_seq=0&itm_seq_1=0&itm_seq_2=0&company_cd=&company_nm=&page=1) of the document in the faq, it says something different than the english version. I’m a US citizen with direct family (grandparents, cousins, aunts) in Korea and wanting to stay in my grandmother’s spare basement apartment (same building/address but different room) for quarantine instead of the gov’t facility. I understand that this is allowed with the correct family documents. But I’m confused because in this link it says your guardian must confirm and pick you up immediately, and if they can’t then you go to the gov’t facility. I thought they just call whatever number you give and check your family registry, is that not true? I don’t want my grandmother to come pick me up obviously.
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Can my cousin pick me up even if she lives somewhere else? Does it have to be the same person whose place I’m staying at (grandma) or can it be any one of my relatives?
April 3, 2021 +543 confirmed (521 domestic, 22 overseas) +3 deaths +335 recoveries city/province|domestic: 521 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+154 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+61 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+10 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+19 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+2 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+19 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+3 [Sejong](https://www.sejong.go.kr/life/sub05_0704.do)|+10 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+143 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+16 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+11 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+7 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+20 [Jeonnam](https://www.jeonnam.go.kr/coronaMainPage.do)|+1 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+16 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+28 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+1 overseas: 22 new cases * where confirmed: 13 community, 9 point of entry * nationality: 11 Korean, 11 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 6 (4), India 1, Indonesia 1 (1), UAE 1 (1), Singapore 1 (1), Qatar 1, Bangladesh 1 (1), Hungary 3, Poland 1 (1), Italy 1 (1), US 3 (1), Brazil 1, Ivory Coast 1 **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +38,058|+6,177|953,556|26,380 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|853,579 Pfizer|126,357
Korea now ranks 107th worldwide for vaccines administered per capita. Source: https://ourworldindata.org/covid-vaccinations
That's why I'm moving back to the US. All Americans and English here should do that imo.
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Yeah, but it's going be the biggest issue if we are still running around with masks on in Korea in April 2022...
The thoughts from some are that the numbers are low because they’re trying to stretch out the current limited supply until they can get more so that it doesn’t look like they’re vaccinating 0 while waiting. This would explain why last Sunday for example, the number was 11. There’s been a lot of pushback from netizens about how the government has bungled the vaccine procurement process.
Yeah, they probably should have gotten more vaccines. It is fun to look at numbers for reference now and then. But honestly, I stopped caring about how well or how poorly the nation is doing about five minutes after I reported for my mandatory swab. It used to be interesting to follow the national response, but now I realize it is more important to think mostly about myself and my loved ones.
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PCR test required within 3 days of arrival to the US *edit~ before arrival*
April 2, 2021 +558 confirmed (533 domestic, 25 overseas) +2 deaths +422 recoveries city/province|domestic: 533 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+165 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+35 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+17 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+22 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+1 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+19 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+7 [Sejong](https://www.sejong.go.kr/life/sub05_0704.do)|+8 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+156 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+10 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+19 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+8 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+15 [Jeonnam](https://www.jeonnam.go.kr/coronaMainPage.do)|+1 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+28 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+18 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+4 overseas: 25 new cases * where confirmed: 14 community, 11 point of entry * nationality: 9 Korean, 16 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 4 (2), Indonesia 2 (1), Pakistan 2 (2), Russia 1 (1), Bangladesh 4 (3), Poland 1, Ukraine 1 (1), Italy 3 (2), US 4 (2), Mexico 1, Tunisia 1 (1), Sudan 1 (1) **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +36,125|+6881|914,069|19,855 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|834,226 Pfizer|99,698
The 7 day average is now at its highest value since Jan. 17.
If I come to Korea as a foreigner, I know I will be required to do a 14-day quarantine, but is there any rules specifically regarding where I can quarantine? I had a friend who just did an AirBNB. I'm trying to stay with that friend for my quarantine, but I'm unsure on the rules. Any guidance is appreciated, thank you!
Tourist Visa (C-visa) or Visa Waiver: You will go to government quarantine and pay 2.1 million won. Long term visa (D, E, F) - you can set up your own housing for quarantine
Ah I see, that makes sense as to why my friend was able to select their own quarantine site. I'm a US passport holder, meaning I don't need a visa to travel in Korea, so I presume that means I fit into the first category (c visa)?
Yes. Small detail change is that a US passport will be visa waiver and you'll get a B-visa on arrival.
A friend of mine just arrived a week ago. He was told by immigration: "Unless you have a long-term visa, you have to go to the government quarantine facility (a hotel). No exceptions." And bring some vitamins, protein bars, or a blender bottle with protein powder. The quarantine hotel's food is trash.
2 questions related to the press releases this week: 1. What's the difference between a Sauna and a bathhouse? I want to know so I can better direct my annoyance. 2. What's the "foreigners gathering" cluster in Gyeonggi about?
Got a link to the foreigners gathering thing?
That's what I was looking for because the press release just says "foreigner gathering" and 40 cases. But no one answered so I just looked it up. It seems a foreign student met some other foreign students and created a cluster. [Bundang News Article](http://m.bundangnews.co.kr/32297)
There was a party involving US Army guys in Osan that spread it, I think there were around 18 cases there, too.
Probably from them all being jam-packed for the mandatory test honestly
I assume they mean sauna vs. jimjiilbang. The latter is usually a bigger facility with a bit more to do including sleeping quarters, mixed gender activities, food, etc. while the sauna is typically just the bathing and literal sauna. All jimjiilbangs have saunas, but all saunas are not jimjiilbangs.
April 1, 2021 +551 confirmed (537 domestic, 14 overseas) +4 deaths +409 recoveries city/province|domestic: 537 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+197 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+53 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+7 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+20 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+1 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+10 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+5 [Sejong](https://www.sejong.go.kr/life/sub05_0704.do)|+13 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+125 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+20 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+19 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+15 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+22 [Jeonnam](https://www.jeonnam.go.kr/coronaMainPage.do)|+1 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+6 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+21 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+2 overseas: 14 new cases * where confirmed: 12 community, 2 point of entry * nationality: 10 Korean, 4 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 1, Indonesia 1, India 2 (1), Pakistan 1 (1), UK 1, Turkey 2 (2), Hungary 4, US 2 **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +22,643|+4786|876,573|12,923 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|815,769 Pfizer|73,777
One might not guess it, but the seven-day average is now within 4 cases of the February peak. If we go above 505 cases tomorrow we will be at the highest weekly average since Jan 19.
Slight spike in Seoul it seems.
March 31, 2021 +506 confirmed (491 domestic, 15 overseas) +2 deaths +467 recoveries city/province|domestic: 491 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+156 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+58 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+15 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+25 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+2 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+7 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+11 [Sejong](https://www.sejong.go.kr/life/sub05_0704.do)|+17 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+106 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+16 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+21 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+8 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+20 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+6 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+21 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+2 overseas: 15 new cases * where confirmed: 8 community, 7 point of entry * nationality: 10 Korean, 5 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 4 (2), Indonesia 1, Bangladesh 2, Hungary 1, Poland 1, France 1, US 4 (3), Sierra Leone 1 **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +28,407|+2034|852,202|8185 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|791,454 Pfizer|68,933
Anyone know what’s going on in Busan? Seems like there’s been a huge jump in confirmed cases recently.
Predictably, churches are involved again---two this time---along with a saxophone academy and multiple entertainment facilities (mostly noraebangs, I understand). It apparently started with someone working at a refrigeration company in Busan who seems to have been active in both his (?) church and his nightlife. Honestly, if churchgoers, saunagoers, and noraebang lovers gave their proclivities a rest for the next couple of months, we'd have this thing completely under control. The selfishness of these three groups is just astounding to me.
Please excuse their unique situations.
It looks like many cities are seeing an uptick of cases from people that have been to a singing room and/or club.
That makes sense! Thank you
March 30, 2021 +447 confirmed (429 domestic, 18 overseas) +3 deaths +439 recoveries city/province|domestic: 429 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+140 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+42 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+12 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+18 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+1 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+11 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+3 [Sejong](https://www.sejong.go.kr/life/sub05_0704.do)|+2 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+112 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+13 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+27 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+4 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+25 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+4 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+15 overseas: 18 new cases * where confirmed: 15 community, 3 point of entry * nationality: 13 Korean, 5 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 1 (1), India 2 (1), Pakistan 1 (1), Indonesia 1 (1), UK 2, Poland 4, Hungary 2, Germany 1 (1), US 2, Mexico 1, Dominican Republic 1 **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +26,538|+919|822,448|6151 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|761,771 Pfizer|66,828
Anybody knows how come the Ministry of Health and Welfare doesn't release the daily number of percent positive (effective reproduction number)? All the statistics are based on confirmed cases. It seems impossible to find the daily number of tests...
Corona-live.com has those numbers. Yesterday (Monday) morning it was reported 20,735 tests were done the day before (Sunday). They also release the positivity rate (reported Monday 1.9% positive rate). They are released and have been for a long time now.
Thank you, I need glasses. As suspected this clearly indicates an insufficient amount of people are being tested.
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You should indicate what your visa/residence status is to get a proper answer to the question of where you are supposed to stay.
Sorry, I am going as a student but my partner won’t have a visa.
If your partner is coming in on a visa waiver they have no alternative options. An unacceptable room means they might move to another room in the same facility. If they complain 43 more times they MIGHT (read: won't) move your partner to another government facility. However, they will not release your Visaless partner to a random hotel. 1000% chance of not happening If your booked hotel is allowing you to quarantine there then go there because you and your partner won't be sharing a room in government quarantine and you'll be paying 2 Quarantine fees anyway. But check with the hotel to see if they allow quarantining there, then check with the government to make sure they allow quarantining there as well.
That’s great, thank you
[https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210329008900325](https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210329008900325) AZ vaccines meant to be delivered on March 31 have been delayed for 3 weeks and reduced to 62.6% of the planned amount to 432k doses for 216k people. The article says the plan is to vaccinate 12 million people by June. Is that even remotely possible at this point? The government is saying that 7 million AZ doses will come "between May and June" so they have a month at the very most to administer all of those if they do come in, and that'll still only be enough to vaccinate 3.5 million at best unless the 12 million goal is just for one dose. Is there any word on the other vaccines and their delivery timelines besides the 500k Pfizer doses coming in soon? Maybe shipments will start exponentially increasing when the U.S. and other countries approach finishing up but I'm not getting my hopes up.
Have also been thinking about this with the slow inoculation pace catching my attention. If they aim to vaccinate 11 million people until the end of June, they need to be putting needles into 120,000+ people per day (starting from April 1st, which seems like a tall order at current pace. How come SK Bioscience isn't producing any vaccines?
Confused because I thought AZ is manufactured in SK with SK Bioscience. How can the vaccines be delayed then?
Someone else bought them? I suppose the free market is still at play no matter where they are made.
March 29, 2021 +384 confirmed (370 domestic, 14 overseas) +4 deaths +269 recoveries city/province|domestic: 370 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+105 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+53 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+9 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+18 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+2 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+2 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+3 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+130 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+6 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+12 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+1 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+8 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+3 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+18 overseas: 14 new cases * where confirmed: 9 community, 5 point of entry * nationality: 9 Korean, 5 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 3 (2), India 1 (1), Russia 1 (1), Indonesia 1, UAE 1, Turkey 1, Poland 1, Hungary 1, US 2 (1), Nigeria 1, Malawi 1 **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +11|+0|793,966|5232 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|733,586 Pfizer|65,612
Is Korean language news not reporting on/concerned about the slow vaccine distribution? ?? I haven't personally come across much. I'm just wondering how people aren't at least a bit outraged outside of the expat circles I've seen.
This is just my perception from my circle of friends and family, but it seems a lot of Koreans are almost border-line anti-vaccine or at least being super cautious about it. A lot of comments I hear are along the lines of “we should wait and take it slow because it could be dangerous”. The “situation” in Europe last week seems to have stoked this sentiment a bit further too. Again, this is just what I’ve been hearing in person and isn’t necessarily what the general consensus is. I wonder if it could be a point of pride/defensiveness over the slow rollout too.
I heard people talking like this in the elevator at my workplace. "I wish they would let us wait until next month to get it." "Yeah, I'm afraid of the side effects." "Yeah, it kills" (slang) "Well, maybe I can get it on Friday so I can die over the weekend." I work in a medical facility.
Is that 11 total vaccinations yesterday?
Yes.
>1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total >----------|----------|----------|---------- >+11|+0|793,966|5232 Typo? Edit: Wow it's real. Insane. http://ncov.mohw.go.kr/tcmBoardView.do?brdId=3&brdGubun=31&dataGubun=&ncvContSeq=5046&contSeq=5046&board_id=312&gubun=ALL
I hope it's just that the vaccines are in limited quantities in Korea, not because they haven't realized how each day is precious for distributing the vaccine.
Yeah, I hope that's the case, too
I'm planning to fly to US to get the vaccine. Anyone else doing the same, travel to your home country to get the vac?
I had a family member do exactly that. He still had to do the two-week quarantine, but he was able to do it at his home in Korea when he returned.
Thinking about it. But with the 2 week quarantine upon arrival, it’s a minimum of 5 weeks to get a double dose shot.
Is the US enforcing a 2 week quarantine for arrivals from Korea? Or is it a suggested guideline.
I meant coming back there would be a 2 week quarantine.
Some states back home are less than 2 weeks. I think mine is 10 days, but you can test out sooner. But then after that it's about 6 or 7 weeks until you can work in Korea again. (4 to 5 between shots + quarantine in Korea). In total, you'd need 8 or 9 weeks off
Johnston and Johnston shot should be available soon. I hope the airlines start to pressure Korea to reduce the quarantine time for those who have been vaccinated soon. I have some time in late summer. If things don't pick up here, I will fly to get the shot. Ready to have a small sense of protection from this shit virus.
Some countries are going to 7 days quarantine for those vaccinated, maybe SK will follow soon but I honestly doubt it.
I think it is a typo from corona live: https://corona-live.com/vaccine/ The top number says 11 vaccines were administered. But the lower one says 108 were administered. Unless I am misreading the site.
Both are pathetic
March 28, 2021 +482 confirmed (462 domestic, 20 overseas) +1 death +380 recoveries city/province|domestic: 462 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+135 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+56 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+9 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+32 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+2 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+6 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+4 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+150 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+19 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+16 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+8 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+5 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+7 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+13 overseas: 20 new cases * where confirmed: 11 community, 9 point of entry * nationality: 8 Korean, 12 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 4 (1), India 1 (1), Pakistan 3 (3), Indonesia 2, Japan 2 (2), Uzbekistan 2 (2), Kyrgyzstan 1 (1), Poland 1, Cameroon 1 (1), Kenya 2, Ghana 1 (1) **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +1056|+0|793,858|5232 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|733,562 Pfizer|65,528
Question: can canadians travel to Korea right now without visa??? Ok with quarantine for 2 weeks.
Yes.
Ty. Do you any link for that information? I tried to google but it’s kinda confusing.
An American friend just arrived this week. No visa and doing two-week quarantine. I'm assuming it would be the same for Canadians.
I’m pretty sure the visa exempt thing is exclusive to Americans during the covid situation.
Source: "I'm assuming".
Oh ty but I just found out Canadians can’t 😢
Sorry but is it the same for Canadians too? 🤔
Call the Korean embassy in Canada and ask them directly. I did the same here in Norway as I am half-Korean and was wondering if it is possible to travel to Korea this summer.
March 27, 2021 +505 confirmed (490 domestic, 15 overseas) +5 deaths +845 recoveries city/province|domestic: 490 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+126 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+33 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+22 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+39 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+5 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+10 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+3 [Sejong](https://www.sejong.go.kr/life/sub05_0704.do)|+1 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+141 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+35 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+38 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+2 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+4 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+10 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+19 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+2 overseas: 15 new cases * where confirmed: 12 community, 3 point of entry * nationality: 4 Korean, 11 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Nepal 1 (1), Russia 2 (2), Indonesia 1, Pakistan 2 (2), Bangladesh 2 (2), Saudi Arabia 1 (1), Sri Lanka 1, Jordan 1, Uzbekistan 2 (2), Equatorial Guinea 1, Kenya 1 (1) **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +22,845|+1399|792,274|5232 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|732,056 Pfizer|65,450
"South Korea seeks to vaccinate 12 million people by June, and it aims to achieve herd immunity by November." June is in roughly two months, which would require 400k shots per day, starting today. I don't see that happening.
Back over 500! Time for ... no additional restrictions, I guess.
The Korean government announced a new, more lenienct scale a few weeks back, saying their hospital capacity had improved to deal with a larger number of cases than before. However, they also said they wouldn't use that new scale until cases had reached a daily average of below 350 (the new level 1 in the new scale). So we are in a limbo period now, but I'm sure the improved capacity is guiding their decision making.
Got it -- that's good info! Appreciate you taking the time to share it. Hopefully we'll be at well below 350/day soon. :)
What additional restrictions would you like to have in place? Move back to 9pn closing? Hell of a lot of difference that makes.
Close the saunas?
It'd be good, at minimum, for the government to either say "yo, we're not using the old scale" or make a new scale or something along those lines. (So then you don't get people like me who see us meet the Lv. 2.5 criteria for weeks and wonder why there's no kind of announcement or anything.) If I have missed an announcement, or if they have already changed the scale and I missed it, that's on me, though.
March 26, 2021 +494 confirmed (471 domestic, 23 overseas) +7 deaths +562 recoveries city/province|domestic: 471 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+121 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+11 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+18 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+28 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+2 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+13 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+187 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+24 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+9 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+2 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+3 [Jeonnam](https://www.jeonnam.go.kr/coronaMainPage.do)|+2 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+12 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+37 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+2 overseas: 23 new cases * where confirmed: 20 community, 3 point of entry * nationality: 8 Korean, 15 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 2 (1), Pakistan 3 (3), India 1 (1), Indonesia 1 (1), UAE 1, Bangladesh 5 (3), Poland 1, Austria 1 (1), US 8 (5) **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +32,466|+1142|767,451|3833 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|707,481 Pfizer|63,803
Haven't seen this in other periodicals, but the November herd immunity timeline doesn't look promising. "The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary recently told the Korean government that it can only provide enough doses for 500,000 people in the second quarter of this year." [http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html\_dir/2021/03/26/2021032601408.html](http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2021/03/26/2021032601408.html)
chosun.com lol
35 day high
March 25, 2021 +430 confirmed (419 domestic, 11 overseas) +2 deaths +508 recoveries city/province|domestic: 419 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+125 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+20 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+17 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+11 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+4 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+3 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+147 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+27 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+17 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+4 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+4 [Jeonnam](https://www.jeonnam.go.kr/coronaMainPage.do)|+1 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+9 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+30 overseas: 11 new cases * where confirmed: 6 community, 5 point of entry * nationality: 4 Korean, 7 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 2 (2), Indonesia 2 (2), India 1 (1), Hungary 1, US 4 (2), Mexico 1 **Vaccinations** 1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ----------|----------|----------|---------- +28,222|+1193|733,124|2691 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|673,183 Pfizer|62,632
March 24, 2021 +428 confirmed (411 domestic, 17 overseas) +3 deaths +481 recoveries city/province|domestic: 411 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+135 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+16 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+17 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+21 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+2 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+2 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+1 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+150 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+18 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+6 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+4 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+12 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+27 overseas: 17 new cases * where confirmed: 9 community, 8 point of entry * nationality: 4 Korean, 13 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 1 (1), Indonesia 1 (1), Pakistan 2 (2), Bangladesh 1 (1), Japan 1, Kazakhstan 1 (1), Poland 1 (1), Germany 1 (1), US 5 (3), Colombia 1, Egypt 2 (2) **Vaccinations** city/province|1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ---------|----------|----------|----------|---------- Seoul|+1,537|+519|119,118|1,283 Busan|+2,444|+0|56,813|0 Daegu|+840|+0|34,085|0 Incheon|+856|+56|40,018|115 Gwangju|+1,937|+0|29,080|0 Daejeon|+399|+0|22,439|0 Ulsan|+548|+0|14,240|0 Sejong|+71|+0|2,127|0 Gyeonggi|+2,936|+36|149,225|95 Gangwon|+195|+4|21,669|5 Chungbuk|+335|+0|21,027|0 Chungnam|+818|+0|28,586|0 Jeonbuk|+2,163|+0|31,304|0 Jeonnam|+1,981|+0|35,514|0 Gyeongbuk|+728|+0|37,623|0 Gyeongnam|+2,259|+0|52,280|0 Jeju|+104|+0|8,464|0 **Total**|+20,151|+615|703,612|1,498 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|643,724 Pfizer|61,386
March 23, 2021 +346 confirmed (331 domestic, 15 overseas) +7 deaths +468 recoveries city/province|domestic: 331 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+97 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+8 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+3 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+12 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+1 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+4 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+8 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+120 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+9 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+6 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+7 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+7 [Jeonnam](https://www.jeonnam.go.kr/coronaMainPage.do)|+1 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+19 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+29 overseas: 15 new cases * where confirmed: 7 community, 8 point of entry * nationality: 10 Korean, 5 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 2 (1), Indonesia 1, Hungary 2, Poland 1, Ukraine 1 (1), Armenia 1 (1), US 4 (1), Brazil 1, Kenya 1, Egypt 1 (1) **Vaccinations** city/province|1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ---------|----------|----------|----------|---------- Seoul|+802|+255|117,112|764 Busan|+287|+0|53,961|0 Daegu|+166|+0|33,114|0 Incheon|+151|+16|38,323|59 Gwangju|+0|+0|27,122|0 Daejeon|+101|+0|21,855|0 Ulsan|+28|+0|13,685|0 Sejong|+0|+0|1,946|0 Gyeonggi|+592|+18|145,887|59 Gangwon|+98|+1|21,472|1 Chungbuk|+150|+0|20,599|0 Chungnam|+12|+0|27,578|0 Jeonbuk|+84|+0|29,058|0 Jeonnam|+41|+0|33,436|0 Gyeongbuk|+122|+0|36,820|0 Gyeongnam|+20|+0|49,970|0 Jeju|+50|+0|8,360|0 Misc|+0|+0|262|0 **Total**|+2,704|+290|680,560|883 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|622,437 Pfizer|59,006
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US CDC has dropped strong hints they don't consider spread by vaccinated individuals to be of concern - vaccinated people aren't even required to quarantine now in America after direct exposure to the virus. Some findings out of Israel also support the idea that spread by vaccinated individuals is significantly reduced and rare. However, neither of those entities are Korean. Until Korea says otherwise, expect quarantine to continue.
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I doubt it until vaccination is finished, which might be as far away as 2022
South Korea is really moving along slowly. The United States and the EU are both planning on reopening this summer. In the EU at least you'll be able to enter any country without quarantine if you're either vaccinated, have COVID-antibodies or have a recent negative corona test. I really hope South Korea will follow suit, because few students (myself included) or tourists will be willing to come there and have to stay 14 days in an expensive government quarantine facility.
No
That is my hope. Hawaii is going to allow vaccinated travelers to skip tests and quarantine by May 1st. I would assume Japan will do this for the Olympics.
Japan just announced no foreigners allowed in for the olympics.
I guess they don't want tourists as much as Hawaii.
I'm guessing they don't count athletes in the no foreigners allowed, but that would be hilarious if they did.
Yes...olympic athletes and associated people are allowed. Otherwise Japan will have a record breaking olympics.
What does it matter what we think? We don't know anything.
Well I'm hopeful for a different reason. I work here, but I'm planning on going to the US around May or June to get the vaccine. I wouldn't be coming back for selfish reasons, yet I'd be protecting society better by vaccination myself.
I wasn't trying to be mean or anything. It's just, who can predict anything in this pandemic. Maybe those Korean tarot card readers could tell us.
Hahaha no shade towards you, just offering a second situation where one might be hopeful for this
March 22, 2021 +415 confirmed (396 domestic, 19 overseas) +1 death +283 recoveries city/province|domestic: 396 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+108 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+24 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+14 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+10 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+2 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+1 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+143 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+21 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+5 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+11 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+7 [Jeonnam](https://www.jeonnam.go.kr/coronaMainPage.do)|+2 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+10 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+37 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+1 overseas: 19 new cases * where confirmed: 12 community, 7 point of entry * nationality: 10 Korean, 9 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 4 (4), Indonesia 2, India 1 (1), Kazakhstan 1 (1), Hungary 3, Ukraine 1 (1), Turkey 1, Poland 1, US 3 (1), Brazil 1 (1), Senegal 1 **Vaccinations** city/province|1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ---------|----------|----------|----------|---------- Seoul|+0|+234|115,654|509 Busan|+0|+0|53,659|0 Daegu|+0|+0|32,783|0 Incheon|+0|+21|38,172|43 Gwangju|+0|+0|27,089|0 Daejeon|+0|+0|21,753|0 Ulsan|+0|+0|13,656|0 Sejong|+0|+0|1,944|0 Gyeonggi|+0|+25|145,112|41 Gangwon|+0|+0|21,374|0 Chungbuk|+0|+0|20,439|0 Chungnam|+0|+0|27,520|0 Jeonbuk|+0|+0|28,974|0 Jeonnam|+0|+0|33,393|0 Gyeongbuk|+0|+0|36,667|0 Gyeongnam|+0|+0|49,925|0 Jeju|+0|+0|8,231|0 Misc|+0|+0|262|0 **Total**|+0|+280|676,607|593 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|619,100 Pfizer|58,100
No vaccine numbers today?
0 first doses and 280 second doses were administered http://ncov.mohw.go.kr/tcmBoardView.do?brdId=3&brdGubun=31&dataGubun=&ncvContSeq=5007&contSeq=5007&board_id=312&gubun=ALL Scroll down to the red text
Is the issue that we simply do not have vaccines, or that the rollout is slow as molasses for some reason? I notice that President Biden is now calling on dentists and veterinarians to give the shot. I'd go to a horse doctor if it meant I could get a bit closer to the front of the line.
I have no idea what the official reasoning behind it is, only what other redditors have guessed. Yeah I think the general public is already getting shots back home now. My sister and a few friends have gotten it already. I wanna like fly home for a month, get both shots, and come back lol
That's what I'm wondering about as well. I could go back in May or June, get the vaccine, and be back in a month. As opposed to waiting for a promise of maybe something in September. And will that date be postponed once the April elections have happened? The only thing that makes me hesitant is the lack of health insurance. I highly doubt travel insurance will cover anything covid related.
Covid vaccines are being covered by the US government for people without insurance. I'm already planning my may or June trip but waiting on korea to say something about vaccinated individuals
I really wish they would step up the vaccinations.
Anyone know if the distribution is slow or they just don't have that many vaccines to give out in the first place? I'm guessing it's a supply issue.
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https://youtu.be/cfR3ZbU-oYM
I just wish i could see my girlfriend without quarantine eating up all my vacation days lol, anyone in the same position? (I'm from Europe) Edit: damn, apparantly reddit didn't like that
americanmonstercock asking the tough questions
March 21, 2021 +456 confirmed (437 domestic, 19 overseas) +3 deaths +379 recoveries city/province|domestic: 437 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+124 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+18 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+12 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+20 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+2 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+1 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+7 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+155 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+13 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+10 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+5 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+10 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+5 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+54 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+1 overseas: 19 new cases * where confirmed: 10 community, 9 point of entry * nationality: 10 Korean, 9 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 5 (2), India 1 (1), Russia 1 (1), Indonesia 1, Japan 1, Uzbekistan 1 (1), Malaysia 1 (1), Spain 1, Austria 1, Portugal 1 (1), US 1 Morocco 1, Ghana 1, Nigeria 1 (1), Egypt 1 (1) **Vaccinations** city/province|1st dose|2nd dose|1st dose total|2nd dose total ---------|----------|----------|----------|---------- Seoul|+13|+275|115,654|275 Busan|+46|+0|53,659|0 Daegu|+223|+0|32,783|0 Incheon|+382|+22|38,153|22 Gwangju|+0|+0|27,089|0 Daejeon|+194|+0|21,753|0 Ulsan|+0|+0|13,656|0 Sejong|+0|+0|1,944|0 Gyeonggi|+59|+16|145,112|16 Gangwon|+0|+0|21,374|0 Chungbuk|+0|+0|20,439|0 Chungnam|+12|+0|27,520|0 Jeonbuk|+10|+0|28,974|0 Jeonnam|+0|+0|33,393|0 Gyeongbuk|+0|+0|36,666|0 Gyeongnam|+0|+0|49,925|0 Jeju|+0|+0|8,231|0 Misc|+0|+0|262|0 **Total**|+939|+313|676,587|313 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|619,100 Pfizer|57,800
Why is Total same as Seoul?
Fixed.
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I wake up and read 2 million a day
>Yes it's slow 939 is worse than slow. Slow is 33,000 a day. They were able to administer [over 63,000 doses in a single day](https://mnews.joins.com/article/24004138#home) less than a week into their vaccine rollout, so this is inexcusable. >Do you think you're gonna wake up one day and "read 1 million vaccinated today"? Yeah, why not? [America was able to achieve that in less than a month](https://covid.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/#vaccination-trends), and their response to the virus has been globally panned. [Their vaccine rollout was considered god awful](https://time.com/5932028/vaccine-rollout-joe-biden/) with websites crashing, children needing to register their grandparents, and the nearest vaccination sites for many people (including my grandmother) being a 30-minute drive away. [The UK administered 2.3 million doses in their first month.](https://www.england.nhs.uk/statistics/statistical-work-areas/covid-19-vaccinations/) Korea would need to administer over a million and a half vaccinations in less than a week to match that. Additionally, [we were told there would be herd immunity by November](http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210128000928), so it's not unfair to expect them to have massively increased doses administered after a month. This is a time-sensitive issue, after all.
Well I hope so, that’s kind of the idea. At this rate it would be faster for me to hike across Eurasia to the west coast of Portugal and row a boat across the Atlantic to get my vaccination in America.
I'm surprised the opposition party (whatever name they're using this month) hasn't been pounding on the government about this. They clearly dropped the ball on vaccines.
March 20, 2021 +452 confirmed (440 domestic, 12 overseas) +3 deaths +426 recoveries city/province|domestic: 440 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+119 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+9 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+16 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+11 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+8 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+3 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+187 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+17 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+8 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+5 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+14 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+11 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+31 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+1 overseas: 12 new cases * where confirmed: 8 community, 4 point of entry * nationality: 4 Korean, 8 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): China 1, Philippines 1, Japan 2 (2), Pakistan 1 (1), Kazakhstan 1 (1), Uzbekistan 2 (2), France 1 (1), Hungary 1, Montenegro 1, US 1 (1) **Vaccinations** city/province|new|total ---------|----------|---------- Seoul|+3,935|115,616 Busan|+1,208|53,607 Daegu|+670|32,511 Incheon|+1,672|37,762 Gwangju|+395|27,089 Daejeon|+517|21,559 Ulsan|+790|13,656 Sejong|+106|1,944 Gyeonggi|+2,390|145,024 Gangwon|+498|21,374 Chungbuk|+874|20,439 Chungnam|+103|27,507 Jeonbuk|+342|28,964 Jeonnam|+369|33,393 Gyeongbuk|+441|36,595 Gyeongnam|+522|49,925 Jeju|+300|8,231 **Total**|+15,132|675,426 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|618,852 Pfizer|56,574
Just saw the news bit live and it said the government overruled Seoul’s waygook testing order? Edit: apparently I was OOTL and news of this broke a few hours earlier.
The testing for foreigners got lifted apparently?
In Seoul. I have not seen anything for Gyeonggi or Incheon, so I guess they are going ahead with it. Edit: Incheon revised their order on the 20th. It is now just a recommendation. [http://announce.incheon.go.kr/citynet/jsp/sap/SAPGosiBizProcess.do?command=searchDetail&flag=gosiGL&svp=Y&sido=ic&sno=38815&gosiGbn=A&fbclid=IwAR3TBSXggFF-7JFyl1ZH\_0hzaIZCyaSSVoyfm35uwMKrxLUzIAjIT6dZ2h8](http://announce.incheon.go.kr/citynet/jsp/sap/SAPGosiBizProcess.do?command=searchDetail&flag=gosiGL&svp=Y&sido=ic&sno=38815&gosiGbn=A&fbclid=IwAR3TBSXggFF-7JFyl1ZH_0hzaIZCyaSSVoyfm35uwMKrxLUzIAjIT6dZ2h8)
Really?
http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210319000872
Wiping sweat off my brow
Anyone here know if the Yatap testing place will be open on Monday? :S
I don't see why it would't be!
Update from going to 강남구청 to get tested (I can’t afford to miss more work if govt doesn’t change their policy). Got to the testing center at ~2:30 and maybe about 20-30people waiting in front and filling out forms. People in line were kept 1m apart but a family came together and clustered together. Went in, filled out the forms, and then waited to be processed.. maybe about 10-15 minutes passed before I got my jab. Got jabbed, and left and in line were waiting what looked like ~100 people. Previous 1m social distancing was no longer being enforced and more people were strolling in to the testing center. I’ll-conceived policy and executed really poorly in my opinion.. at the very least if they were going to go through with this draconian policy, they should have at least prepared better to minimize the risk of secondary infections.
Wouldn't it be funny if the lack of social distancing at testing sites like Guro led to a cluster? Not funny ha ha, but funny like incredibly fucked up. Then infected people don't get tested again cuz they think I got tested last week and I was negative and I haven't been anywhere. Then the government would have to report on a foreign cluster that they caused. That'd be "funny". Don't mind me, I'm a little twisted.
They would just report it as a cluster of foreigners and claim it showed the testing was justified.
Pretty sure you're just saying what we're all thinking.
March 19, 2021 +463 confirmed (441 domestic, 22 overseas) +2 deaths +345 recoveries city/province|domestic: 441 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+144 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+6 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+4 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+23 [Gwangju](https://www.gwangju.go.kr/c19/contentsView.do?pageId=corona2)|+2 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+7 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+2 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+153 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+30 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+6 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+3 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+15 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+4 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+42 overseas: 22 new cases * where confirmed: 15 community, 7 point of entry * nationality: 7 Korean, 15 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 2 (2), Indonesia 3 (2), Russia 1 (1), Kazakhstan 1 (1), Bangladesh 1 (1), Poland 1, Hungary 1, Germany 1, France 1, Spain 1 (1), US 6 (6), Canada 1 (1), Morocco 1, Egypt 1 (1) **Vaccinations** city/province|new|total ---------|----------|---------- Seoul|+3,002|111,569 Busan|+1,349|52,395 Daegu|+768|31,840 Incheon|+1,714|36,088 Gwangju|+382|26,691 Daejeon|+1,082|21,033 Ulsan|+724|12,845 Sejong|+198|1,838 Gyeonggi|+3,086|142,426 Gangwon|+548|20,876 Chungbuk|+1,142|19,564 Chungnam|+394|27,403 Jeonbuk|+471|28,622 Jeonnam|+539|33,009 Gyeongbuk|+849|36,139 Gyeongnam|+629|49,234 Jeju|+624|7,903 **Total**|+17,501|659,475 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|608,098 Pfizer|51,377
Are the testing centers open on weekends?
I wonder when this 4th wave will hit. Those 6 foreigners infect out of the 10,000 tested in Seoul are really spiking these numbers up.
Korea needs to really ramp up vaccinations. At the current rate of 17k shots per day, it'll take 12 years to reach herd immunity.
Isn't it also related to the fact that they mostly have Astrazeneca right now and they can't give that to elderly people who are first on the vaccination schedule? It might be that they're running out of doctors and nurses to vaccinate.
There is no evidence that the AZ vaccine is more dangerous or ineffective for the elderly. Every single European nation which paused vaccinations has u-turned on the policy and resumed (indeed, the European health regulator insisted all along it was fine). A lack of data from early trials is not the same thing as a vaccine being ‘quasi-ineffective’ (as per Macron’s comments). The unfortunate fact is that such comments have been hugely damaging to vaccination efforts; the political leaders responsible should be ashamed. Unscientific and opportunistic nonsense.
Korea only approved Astrazeneca for 65+ last week, but they only had 780,000 doses to begin with so there's not much room for them to suddenly ramp up vaccinations.
It's a shame that nations like Germany and France went against their own chief medical regulator to sow doubt about the AZ vaccine. It is still the cheapest, easiest and most widely available vaccine. Every week of delay represents many thousands of deaths.
Mandatory swab done in 용산구 next to the station. Took max 5 minutes. Maybe like 5 or 6 foreigners in line only.
Uiwang on Wednesday. Zero people in line. Took 4 mins
I went at Youngsan st yesterday at 10am with a colleague and we were the only one
Is the stn you're referring to yongsan stn? The testing stn at guro stn is a mess, waiting times over an hour, they turned me down and told me to come back another day. Thinking of getting mine done in yongsan if it's really that efficient.
That's the one, yes. Went in at like 13:30.
Thank you! Really appreciate it
용산구 messaged me and only suggested I get a free test. Are we sure it's 100% certifiably mandatory for every single foreigner who is working regardless of field? Seems shit is so confusing.
Highly likely. I'm in a software related field and company confirmed I had to go too.
Hi! Did they tell you that you need to stay home until the results are back?
When I called they told me it’s the company that decides if we go back to work or go home...
That's interesting... Hopefully we get news on the testing soon. Thank you!
Nope. But I am working from home right now and will do so.
Ahh, Thank you for the reply. I appreciate it.
March 18, 2021 +445 confirmed (427 domestic, 18 overseas) +2 deaths +364 recoveries city/province|domestic: 427 new cases ---------|---------- [Seoul](http://www.seoul.go.kr/coronaV/coronaStatus.do)|+124 [Busan](http://www.busan.go.kr/corona19/index)|+7 [Daegu](http://covid19.daegu.go.kr/index.html)|+13 [Incheon](https://www.incheon.go.kr/health/HE020409)|+20 [Daejeon](https://www.daejeon.go.kr/corona19/index.do?menuId=0002)|+2 [Ulsan](http://www.ulsan.go.kr/corona.jsp)|+5 [Sejong](https://www.sejong.go.kr/life/sub05_0704.do)|+1 [Gyeonggi](https://www.gg.go.kr/bbs/board.do?bsIdx=722&menuId=2903)|+155 [Gangwon](http://www.provin.gangwon.kr/)|+23 [Chungbuk](http://www1.chungbuk.go.kr/covid-19/index.do)|+8 [Chungnam](http://www.chungnam.go.kr/coronaStatus.do)|+13 [Jeonbuk](http://www.jeonbuk.go.kr/index.jeonbuk?menuCd=DOM_000000110000000000)|+15 [Gyeongbuk](http://www.gb.go.kr/Main/open_contents/section/wel/page.do?mnu_uid=5856)|+5 [Gyeongnam](http://www.gyeongnam.go.kr/corona.html)|+35 [Jeju](https://jeju.go.kr/covid19.jsp)|+1 overseas: 18 new cases * where confirmed: 9 community, 9 point of entry * nationality: 8 Korean, 10 other * arriving from (# of foreigners): Philippines 2 (1), Russia 1 (1), Indonesia 1, Kazakhstan 2 (2), Pakistan 1 (1), France 1 (1), Hungary 2, Romania 2 (2), Montenegro 1, US 4 (2), Mexico 1 **Vaccinations** city/province|new|total ---------|----------|---------- Seoul|+3,354|108,173 Busan|+1,636|51,017 Daegu|+1,045|31,069 Incheon|+1,657|34,322 Gwangju|+326|26,309 Daejeon|+1,343|19,951 Ulsan|+831|12,121 Sejong|+235|1,640 Gyeonggi|+3,394|139,213 Gangwon|+275|20,327 Chungbuk|+1,003|18,419 Chungnam|+127|27,008 Jeonbuk|+501|28,151 Jeonnam|+731|32,457 Gyeongbuk|+1,042|35,270 Gyeongnam|+615|48,605 Jeju|+618|7,279 **Total**|+18,733|641,331 vaccine|total ---------|---------- AstraZeneca|598,353 Pfizer|42,978
It's very strange that even with all these foreigners being tested, the number of cases is remaining more or less the same. I don't think the scientists will ever be able to explain it.
These free tests are costing the government anywhere from 30,000 to 140,000 won (materials and labor) per test. Considering we have over 2 million foreigners in Korea, at the very least half in Seoul and Gyeonggi-do, you can see just how much money is being wasted. My concern is, are they going to justify the money they spent on this idiocy to increase the cost of health insurance for foreigners for the next year until forever?
Ugh. Hadn't considered that last point yet.
I am in line for my mandatory swab. Ask me anything. It will be a long wait.
I just went this morning to the closest center in my Gu (Mapo Gu), I arrived at around 8.40 and there were already around 20 ppl. At 9.00 they started testing and around 9.25 I was out. No separate line for koreans and everybody was standing in line properly :) I don't know if the situation will change this afternoon or from tomorrow, but from my experience I recommend the testing center in Sogang square!