The government has announced that it will expedite the insurance listing process for COVID-19 drugs due to COVID-19 resurgence in Korea.

As a result, attention is focused on whether the government will speed up the reimbursement coverage of the COVID-19 drug Paxlovid, which has remained under review by Korea’s Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service ever since Pfizer applied for reimbursement in October last year. 

On the afternoon of the 14th, the government held a meeting to urgently review the 'COVID-19 epidemic trend and response plan’ with officials from the Ministry of Health and Welfare, Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, Office of the Government P