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President-elect Yoon backs Telemedicine practice in South Korea amid COVID.
Telemedicine is technically illegal in South Korea and has only been allowed under emergency COVID measure since 2020. However, the increase in its users and support from President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol who sees it as an “inevitable reality” suggest it may remain part of the healthcare system. According to Yoon, it is really convenient to get treatment via a phone call and have drugs delivered through a single process. He wishes this can be expanded even after COVID ends. He also added that making a trip to the hospital can be burdensome when you are ill. There are a total of 2 million people who are under home care for COVID…