SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — New coronavirus infections linked to a church in northern Seoul continued to surge on Monday, not only causing concerns over additional cases among its members but also public backlash against the church and its leader against their uncooperative response. Cases traced to Sarang Jeil Church in the northern ward [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has raised the health protection level against the new coronavirus for all areas within South Korea as local infections accelerated amid a surge in church-related cases. Effective at 5 a.m. Monday, the USFK heightened the Health Protection Condition Level (HPCON) to Charlie, or HPCON [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of coronavirus test kits have declined since their peak in April, leading to a plunge in stock prices of test kit makers, data showed Monday. With the coronavirus pandemic raging across the globe, many countries had scrambled to import Korean COVID-19 test kits, in a boon [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Foreign arrivals infected with the new coronavirus are required to share the costs of their treatment here from Monday, with those who violate local rules being obligated to fully pay the bill. Health authorities said they will request COVID-infected foreign arrivals to pay the costs for their medical services [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus infections jumped to a five-month high of 279 on Sunday due mainly to a surge in church-related cases in the greater Seoul area. This brought the country’s total caseload to 15,318, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Of the total, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government’s restrictions on classroom capacity will be strengthened in the metropolitan area starting next week following a surge in the number of new coronavirus cases in the region, the education ministry said Sunday. From Tuesday to Sept. 11, the number of students at kindergartens and elementary and middle [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Less than a month after welcoming fans back to stadiums, South Korea professional sports teams in Seoul and its surrounding region will revert to having empty stands due to a recent spike in coronavirus virus cases. The government on Saturday raised the three-tier social distancing scheme in Seoul and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Life satisfaction has fallen sharply among young South Koreans in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, a survey showed Saturday. According to the poll of 1,055 youths nationwide conducted from July 1-21 by the Korea Youth Foundation, their life satisfaction index turned out to be 4.14 points on a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Friday it will gradually require foreign new coronavirus patients to share the costs of their treatment here, with those who violate local rules being obligated to fully pay the bill. Health authorities said they will request foreign COVID-19 patients to pay the costs for their medical [...]
GAITHERSBURG, Md., Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Novavax, Inc. (Nasdaq: NVAX), a late stage biotechnology company developing next-generation vaccines for serious infectious diseases, today announced it has signed a Heads of Terms (Term Sheet) with the Government of the United Kingdom (UK) for the purchase of 60 million doses of NVX-CoV2373, Novavax’ COVID-19 vaccine, and [...]