SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will not use Japan’s anti-influenza medication, called Avigan, for the treatment of the novel coronavirus due to doubts over its efficacy and potential side effects, health authorities said Monday. The anti-viral drug developed by the Fujifilm Holdings Corp. has emerged as one of the potential drugs in [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Across the globe, concern over public health is growing as the World Health Organization (WHO) recently pronounced the coronavirus as a global pandemic. As such, interest has been piqued in novel ways to prevent and treat COVID-19. In the meantime, a clinical trial in China using vitamin C to [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University Hospital has begun to provide a telemedicine service to coronavirus patients near the epicenter South Korea’s virus outbreak. A team of four doctors and 13 nurses at the general hospital in Seoul can monitor the status of COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms through video calls. The [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Scientific principles have confirmed that soap acts as a “natural enemy” to kill the novel coronavirus. Quarantine authorities and clinical experts suggest washing hands as the best hygiene practice to prevent COVID-19. Kim Yong-kwan, a researcher in the Biosafety Research Team at the National Institute of Environmental Research, which [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will operate a system to support epidemiological investigation of people infected with the novel coronavirus by utilizing various cutting-edge technology, government officials said Wednesday. The system is aimed at helping health investigators to swiftly check various data such as surveillance camera footage and credit card transactions of [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that teenagers who go to sleep later at night are more prone to committing suicide. A research team from Yonsei University College of Medicine conducted a survey of 48,218 people (23,391 male, 24,827 female) who participated in a health survey conducted by the Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The coronavirus outbreak seems to be taking a psychological toll on ordinary South Koreans, as well as suspected and confirmed patients, as many people have been struggling with fears of infection, depression and other abrupt changes in their psyche over the past one and a half months, mental health [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns are growing that dogs and cats may also be infected with the novel coronavirus as dogs are known to have tested positive for the virus in Hong Kong. However, experts say COVID-19 and other coronaviruses, which dogs and cats can easily be infected with, are different types of [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — With the ensuing coronavirus spread in the country, many citizens feel that the outbreak has put a stop to everyday life. People now feel particularly angry whenever they receive a new report related to the coronavirus. A research team from Seoul National University conducted a study of 1,000 citizens [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Glead Sciences’ experimental antiviral drug remdesivir is expected to be used to treat patients infected with the novel coronavirus in South Korea as part of a trial, drug industry sources said Tuesday. Remdesivir, an investigational medication developed by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences Inc., was previously tested against the [...]