SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Dozens of cadets from the military nursing academy were sent to coronavirus treatment centers Friday to help out the government’s fight against the fast-spreading pandemic, the defense ministry said. A total of 77 students and four nursing officers from the Korea Armed Forces Nursing Academy will support the medical [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases surpassed the 1,000 mark Thursday for the second day in a row as an alarming increase in cluster infections across the country continued, prompting health authorities to seriously consider adopting the toughest virus curbs. The country added 1,014 more COVID-19 cases, including 993 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases hit another new high Wednesday in the face of alarming increases in cluster infections across the country, prompting health authorities to seriously consider adopting the toughest virus curbs. The country added 1,078 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,054 local infections, raising the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The city government of Seoul said Wednesday it will conduct COVID-19 tests on all workers at facilities with high risks of virus infections, such as courier companies and nursing homes. Seo Jeong-hyup, the acting Seoul mayor, announced the plan during an online press briefing, as South Korea’s daily new [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases bounced back to nearly 900 Tuesday after a brief fall the previous day, as the country struggles to curb the nationwide spread of the virus in winter, warning that the toughest virus curbs may be adopted. The country added 880 more COVID-19 cases, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that more exposure to media reports about the coronavirus only exacerbates the stereotypes, fear, and anxiety over infection. A research team from Chonnam National University Hospital conducted a survey of 1,500 men and women to measure how much they depend on media reports to gain [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell back below 1,000 on Monday on fewer tests over the weekend after topping the mark for the first time the previous day, with health authorities struggling to conduct more virus tests to rein in further spread. The country added 718 more COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Local governments nationwide are shifting to a wartime-like emergency posture in the face of a recent spike in coronavirus infections. According to officials on Monday, almost all provincial and municipal governments are mobilizing all possible measures to secure more hospital beds for COVID-19 patients, expand coronavirus testing for residents [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Months into the coronavirus pandemic, protective masks have become an everyday necessity. While many people are struggling with the inconvenience and restrictions that the pandemic era has created, some people point out that they don’t have to care about their looks since they spend most of their day at [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Eighteen more residential treatment centers will open in Seoul this week to cope with surging numbers of coronavirus cases in the capital, the city government said Monday. The centers will be run by the city’s wards and house 1,577 additional beds for COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms, Park Yoo-mi, [...]