SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities said Wednesday that up to 40 percent of coronavirus patients were symptom-free, indicating that people can contract the virus unwittingly and the country’s virus fight may be tougher than expected. Asymptomatic, “silent” virus spreaders have been one of the key challenges for health authorities in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — When South Korea was reeling from hundreds of new coronavirus cases in late February due to a mass outbreak tied to a religious sect in the southeastern city of Daegu, many citizens were glued to daily televised briefings by Jeong Eun-kyeong, the chief of the country’s anti-disease agency, to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are struggling with stronger feelings of anger and fear following the recent surge in new coronavirus cases after mid-August, a poll showed Tuesday. According to the survey of 2,000 adults nationwide conducted from Aug. 25-28 by Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Health, 47.5 percent counted [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea plans to mass-produce an antibody material later this month that can be used to treat the novel coronavirus, health authorities said Tuesday. The country’s Ministry of Food and Drug Safety is currently reviewing phase 2/3 clinical tests for the antibody-based treatment, and aims to mass-produce so-called production verification [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has been offering a range of services to help people cope with stress and depression amid the coronavirus pandemic, officials said Tuesday. The move comes as an increasing number of South Koreans are suffering from the “corona blues,” which refers to depression caused by the coronavirus outbreak [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities said Monday that some test kits that can detect both the new coronavirus and seasonal flu are under review for approval of their use. As autumn is approaching, health authorities are preparing to tackle both COVID-19 and flu as it is not easy to distinguish [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A military hospital near Seoul will begin accepting more civilian coronavirus patients this week following a recent spike in the number of infections in the capital area, the medical command said Monday. At the request of the health authorities, the Armed Forces Capital Hospital in Seongnam, south of Seoul, [...]
SEJONG, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s finance ministry said Friday it has set aside 170.7 billion won (US$143 million) to help local companies develop homegrown vaccines and treatment drugs next year to fight the coronavirus pandemic. Of the budget, 31.9 billion won will be spent to discover candidate materials for a potential vaccine [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 40 percent of people in South Korea diagnosed with the new coronavirus are asymptomatic, a lawmaker said Tuesday, citing recent official data. As of Aug. 25, a total of 17,945 people had tested positive for the virus, with health authorities having checked whether 9,756 of them had relevant [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — With the COVID-19 crisis dragging on for more than half a year, full-time homemakers are suffering from the so-called ‘corona blues’, which refers to depression caused by the pandemic. Many are suffering from higher stress and depression since their child-rearing burden has increased with the COVID-19 pandemic forcing their [...]