COVID-19 patients will be able to receive medical treatment in person at all registered major hospitals and local clinics from next month.

Senior health official Park Hyang said on Tuesday that the number of outpatient clinics that provide necessary treatment for COVID-19 patients will be expanded to enhance the convenience of receiving medical care.

Currently, there are around two-hundred-60 outpatient clinics nationwide that provide virus-related treatments as well as other treatments required by COVID-19 patients.

This comes as a part of efforts to gradually shift from a virus-focused medical system back to general medical operations, as the nation is believed to have passed the peak of the omicron spread.

Large hospitals can register to provide outpatient services for COVID-19 patients from Wednesday, while registrations for local clinics will begin next Monday.