SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell below 1,000 for the second consecutive day Tuesday, with health authorities set to adopt the most stringent distancing rules so far to contain the spread of the virus. The country added 869 more COVID-19 cases, including 824 local infections, raising the total [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell below 1,000 for the first time in six days Monday, mainly due to less testing over the weekend, as health authorities are set to announce new virus restrictions over the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday period. The daily virus death toll [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The employment shock that has come about with the coronavirus pandemic has hit women harder than men. Statistics Korea reported a 28.8 percent increase in the number of unemployed women last month (427,000) compared to the same period in the previous year, an unprecedented rate not seen since July [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Court Administration on Monday advised courts nationwide to shut down for three weeks to slow down the rapid spread of the coronavirus. “We advise judges to actively consider being flexible in delaying and rescheduling hearings and sentencing dates for three weeks starting Dec. 22,” Kim In-kyeom, head [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drugmaker maker Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co. aims to launch a treatment drug for the novel coronavirus early next year, the company’s chief said Monday. Foistar, an oral protease inhibitor, is currently undergoing phase two clinical trial on COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms. The company aims to release the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases hit a record high Sunday, exceeding the 1,000 mark for the fifth straight day and posing the biggest challenge to the country’s battle against the virus so far amid the rising death toll. The country added 1,097 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,072 local infections, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering providing rental assistance to smaller merchants hard hit by the new coronavirus outbreak, when it will give them another round of emergency handouts next month, people familiar with the matter said Sunday. The move comes as more smaller merchants and self-employed people are facing the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases topped the 1,000 mark for the fourth consecutive day Saturday on continued cluster infections nationwide, deepening concerns over hospital bed shortages for seriously ill patients. The country added 1,053 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,029 local infections, raising the total caseload to 48,570, according [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government issued an emergency order earlier this week dictating private hospitals nationwide earmark a certain portion of their intensive-care beds for seriously ill COVID-19 patients, officials said Saturday. The administrative order, the first of its kind, was delivered by the Central Disaster Management Headquarters to all local [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases topped the 1,000 mark for the third day Friday on continued cluster infections nationwide and increased tests, but health authorities remain cautious about adopting the toughest virus restrictions due to the far-reaching economic impact. The country added 1,062 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,036 [...]