SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will toughen monitoring against hoarding of protective masks and hand sanitizers as the new coronavirus outbreak has sparked a sharp rise in demand. The central disaster headquarters said it is pushing forward measures to mandate that manufacturers and wholesalers of facial masks and hand [...]
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.® (“TOMI”) (OTCQB:TOMZ), is a global company specializing in disinfection and decontamination, utilizing its premier Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) platform through its SteraMist products – a hydrogen peroxide-based mist and fog composed of ionized Hydrogen Peroxide (iHP). Effective immediately, SteraMist equipment and BIT solution has [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is set to approve tougher penalties Tuesday against those who engage in hoarding of protective masks, as China’s coronavirus outbreak has sparked a sharp rise in demand for such masks, officials said. Under the tougher penalties, a person who engages in hoarding of protective masks will face [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tourism industry is expected to take the hardest hit among local businesses here from the outbreak of a new coronavirus as more citizens cancel their overseas trips out of infection concerns, industry data showed Tuesday. According to the country’s largest travel agency HanaTour, a total of 187,000 [...]
SEOUL/YEONGJONGDO, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — With the entry ban taking effect Tuesday against non-Korean travelers coming from or through China’s Hubei Province, tensions are running high at Incheon International Airport, the gateway to Seoul, where an army of hundreds of customs and health officials are mobilized at the airport’s three “China-only” arrival counters to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A deadly new coronavirus has prompted South Korean airlines to suspend more than half of their flight services to China, industry sources said Tuesday. As of Tuesday, industry leader Korean Air Lines Co. and seven other carriers have temporarily suspended 57 out of their 100 routes to the neighboring [...]
Schiller Park, Ill., Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) –PSAV, a global leader in event experiences, announced today that Becky Sheehan has been named Chief Financial Officer. Sheehan will be responsible for driving global financial stewardship by providing strategic leadership in all areas of Finance. “Becky is an ideal addition to the senior leadership team given her [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has quarantined about 800 soldiers and postponed regular training sessions for reserve forces as part of efforts to contain the new type of coronavirus, defense ministry officials said Monday. The quarantined soldiers have either visited China or surrounding regions recently, or had contact with such visitors, while [...]
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Align Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: ALGN) today announced its commitment to donate RMB 1 Million to the Chinese Red Cross Foundation to support its ongoing prevention and control efforts for the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in China. Align Technology President and CEO Joe Hogan made the following comments regarding [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it will adopt more stringent quarantine measures against the new coronavirus by testing those who show symptoms after arriving from China and placing those who have been in contact with confirmed cases into self-quarantine. The measures, to be effective Tuesday, came as the country braces [...]