The government has explained that pharmacies nationwide will have enough COVID-19 drugs by the last week of August. In the case of self-test kits, the government added that it plans to produce and supply more than 5 million kits within August to ensure no shortage.

The Ministry of Health and Welfare (Minister Kyoo-hong Cho) held a joint meeting with the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) (Commissioner Young-mee Jee), the Office of the Government Policy Coordination (Minister Ki-sun Bang), the Ministry of Education (Minister Ju-ho Lee), the Ministry of Interior and Safety (Minister Sang-min Lee), Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (Director Yu-Kyoung Oh), and the National Fire Agency (Commissi