SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Sunday kept the greater Seoul area under Level 2 social distancing measures but raised antivirus curbs in all other areas to Level 1.5, as another wave of the pandemic looms with the upcoming winter season. More stringent anti-virus curbs will be implemented in the wide Seoul [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The daily number of new coronavirus cases in South Korea fell back to below 500 for the first time in four days on Sunday, due apparently to less testing over the weekend, and health authorities decided to maintain the current antivirus curbs in the greater Seoul area. The country [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The ruling Democratic Party has raised its coronavirus vaccine supply target to 44 million people, or 85 percent of the country’s population, a key party source said Sunday. The figure is sharply higher than the 30 million target previously cited by health authorities. To secure the vaccines, the party [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The daily number of new coronavirus cases in South Korea exceeded 500 for the third straight day Saturday, as health authorities face growing pressure to toughen social distancing restrictions amid continued sporadic infections across the country. The country added 504 more COVID-19 cases, including 486 local infections, raising the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean health officials on Saturday called on people to refrain from visiting indoor sports facilities to curb the spread of new coronavirus infections. “Sports activities indoors and hard physical exercise tend to cause the spray of saliva droplets and have trouble physical distancing,” the Central Disease Control Headquarters [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — East coast cities and towns are nervously waiting for the onset of the year-end and new year holiday season, fearing a massive influx of tourists at their sunrise hotspots will further heighten chances of the spread of the coronavirus. Many local governments along Gangwon Province’s eastern coast have already [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The daily number of novel coronavirus cases in South Korea exceeded 500 for the second straight day Friday as health authorities grapple with sporadic cluster infections across the country amid the third wave of the pandemic. The country added 569 more COVID-19 cases, including 525 local infections, raising the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea appears to be enforcing home classes for elementary school students as a way to avoid classroom gatherings amid nationwide anti-coronavirus efforts, according to state media reports. Uriminzokkiri, one of the North’s propaganda websites, said that elementary school teachers in Pyongyang are visiting homes of their students every [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The military began enforcing a tighter social distancing scheme on Friday banning troops from vacationing and taking off-installation trips as it is striving to stem the spread of the new coronavirus at barracks. Under the Level 2.5 social distancing guidance at barracks, all service members are not allowed to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The daily number of novel coronavirus cases in South Korea surpassed 500 for the first time in over eight months on Thursday due to sporadic cluster infections across the country as health authorities strive to curb a third wave of infections. The country added 583 more COVID-19 cases, including [...]