SEOUL/BUSAN, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering adding Russia to a list of countries requiring stronger quarantine checks as cluster infections on Russian ships have continued to swell, health authorities said Friday. At least 32 sailors on a Russia-flagged fishing vessel docked in the southeastern city of Busan tested positive for the [...]
CHUNCHEON, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Small beaches near the East Sea are gaining popularity as an increasing number of people are afraid of visiting popular beaches due to the coronavirus. Less known beaches and campsites hidden in six cities and counties in the east coast, including Jukdo and Ingu, are now being visited by [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — For a refresh, Rhee Haeri, an office worker in Seoul, used to visit a neighborhood cafe where she could pet a meerkat, a unique experience in the country. “I loved visiting such cafes and looking at rare animals,” Rhee said. But she recently has had to think twice about [...]
HAIFA, Israel, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Researchers at Israel’s Rabin Medical Center (comprised of Beilinson and Hasharon Hospitals) in collaboration with MeMed, have published prospective data on the potential utility of the analysis of IP-10, a host immune biomarker, in managing the care and treatment of patients with severe COVID-19 infection. Initial data from the prospective study shows that continuous and rapid measurements of IP-10, a biomarker associated with inflammatory disease including infectious diseases and immune dysfunction, can [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Local governments are turning to parks, shaded areas under bridges and hotels in their latest attempt to provide elderly citizens relief from sweltering summer heat while keeping new coronavirus infection risks low. Every summer, local community centers for the elderly are converted into air-conditioned cooling centers as daytime highs [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Arguably, the global pandemic may not be a boon to most sectors, but foodmakers appear to be entirely insulated from the fallout of the COVID-19 outbreak. Their performance has been gaining traction on the back of virus fears as stay-at-home consumers buy more foodstuffs online, mostly ready-to-eat meals, out [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Many public libraries, museums and art galleries in South Korea reopened their doors to the public on Wednesday amid signs of a slowdown in COVID-19 infections. The National Museum of Korea (NMK), the National Library of Korea and other cultural venues under the central government began accepting visitors, albeit [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — More South Korean universities are positively responding to the demand for partial tuition refunds to compensate students for disrupted learning due to the coronavirus pandemic. The National Korea Maritime & Ocean University recently became the first school in the southern port city of Busan to decide to offer refunds. [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will lift its ban on small church gatherings other than regular worship services this week as new COVID-19 cases linked to such gatherings have subsided in recent weeks, the prime minister said Wednesday. The tougher anti-infection rules on Protestant churches will be cleared on Friday, Prime Minister [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid the prolonged outbreak of COVID-19, online-based academic events are booming in South Korean medical communities. This trend is becoming a ‘new normal’ in the era of COVID-19. A string of academic events have been held online this year including the academic meeting of the Korean Society of Surgical [...]