SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided to increase the capacity of public crematoriums across the country to cope with the rising death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic, officials said Tuesday. The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced daily furnace operations at all 60 public crematoriums nationwide will grow to seven times [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases dropped to the 200,000s for the first time in 10 days Monday due to less testing over the weekend, but concerns remain high that infections could spike again, as the government eased social distancing rules this week. The country reported 209,169 new COVID-19 infections, [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases dropped below 400,000 for the second straight day on Sunday but concerns remain high that infections could spike again as the government is set to ease social distancing rules this week. The country reported 334,708 new COVID-19 infections, including 22 from overseas, raising the [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 400,000 on Saturday, but concerns linger over the highly transmissible omicron variant amid the government’s move to shift away from rigorous social distancing. The country reported 381,454 new COVID-19 infections, including 63 from overseas, raising the total caseload to 9,038,938, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases hit above 400,000 on Friday, led by the wave of the highly transmissible omicron variant, amid the government’s steps to shift away from rigorous social distancing. The country reported 407,017 new COVID-19 infections, including 39 from overseas, raising the total caseload to 8,657,609, the [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases spiked to more than 600,000 on Thursday, setting another record high, fueled by the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant amid an easing of virus curbs. The country reported 621,328 new COVID-19 infections, including 62 cases from overseas, raising the total to [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported 549,854 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, setting a new daily record as the country battles through the worst wave of the virus sparked by the omicron variant. The all-time high was reported as of 9 p.m., with three hours left until the daily tally ends. The [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported 441,423 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, setting a new daily record as the country battles through the worst wave of the virus sparked by the omicron variant. The all-time high was reported as of 9 p.m., with three hours left until the daily tally ends. The [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported more than 300,000 new COVID-19 cases for a third consecutive day Monday as the virus wave, fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant, continued to grip the nation. The country added 309,790 new COVID-19 infections, the majority of which coming from local transmissions, putting the total [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases stayed above 350,000 for the second straight day Sunday as the country is grappling with the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 350,190 new COVID-19 infections, including 350,157 local cases, raising the total caseload to 6,556,453, according to the Korea Disease [...]