The vaccine reservations for 55-to-59-year-olds have resumed, however, for some foreign residents may have difficulties making a reservation online. The ECCK has reached out to local health centers and informed that foreign residents are not on the online vaccine reservation list. Therefore, those who wish to reserve online must contact their local health centers beforehand …
The ECCK would like to inform our members that effective next Monday, South Korea will be implementing a Level 4 Social Distancing Guidelines in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, which includes Seoul, Gyeonggi Province, and Incheon for two weeks. The decision was reached as the majority of recent cases were reported in the capital area, especially …
The ECCK has been confident that foreign residents in Korea who have gone through the whole vaccination process overseas should be exempted from the quarantine procedure when returning to Korea as foreigners residing overseas (effective from July 1, 2021). We have reached out to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) for clarification regarding …
On February 22, ECCK received the written confirmation of the COVID-19 vaccination plan from the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). On January 28, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) unveiled its COVID-19 vaccination plan, under which all foreign residents will be vaccinated in the same order as Koreans. The ECCK has reached …
On January 28, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) unveiled its COVID-19 vaccination plan, under which all foreign residents will be vaccinated in the same order as Koreans. The ECCK has reached out to the KCDA and received confirmation that diplomats and expats who are not enrolled on the National Health Insurance Service …
On January 18, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) has announced that everyone including foreign residents in Korea to get COVID-19 vaccine for free of charge. The Korean government hopes to dole out its first vaccine doses by the end of February or early March and achieve herd immunity by the end of …