From now on, ‘vaccination leave’ on request would be able for those receiving vaccination against COVID-19, even without a doctor’s not.

COVID-19 Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) discussed promoting the COVID-19 vaccination leave for adverse reaction as reported by the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW) Central Disaster Management Headquarters (led by Minister Kwon Deok-Cheol) and Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL, Minister Kim Woo Ho).

The need of giving vaccination leave has been raised since there have been cases of workers interfered by post-vaccination fever and body ache. According to the vaccination adverse reaction monitoring results,