According to Yonhap News Agency, the Emergency Response Committee of the Korean Medical Association held a press conference on the 22nd to condemn the government's actions and announced a nationwide doctors' mobilization on March 3rd.
Former President of the Medical Association, Joo Su-ho, stated at the press conference, "It is not the doctors who use patients' lives and health as bargaining chips, but the government. The government believes that no matter how much pressure they apply, doctors will not disregard patients' lives."