SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed above 700 for the second day in a row on Friday as the country’s vaccination campaign is again set to gather pace with more shipments of vaccines amid a tight supply. The country reported 747 more COVID-19 cases, including 729 local infections, [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rebounded to over 700 Thursday as the country’s vaccination campaign nearly stalled over tight vaccine supply amid spreading variant cases. The country reported 715 more COVID-19 cases, including 692 local infections, raising the total caseload to 129,633, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose back above 600 on Wednesday, with health authorities remaining on alert over a potential spike amid spreading variant cases. The country reported 635 more COVID-19 cases, including 613 local infections, raising the total caseload to 128,918, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose back above 500 on Tuesday, with health authorities remaining on alert over a potential spike amid spreading variant cases. The country reported 511 more COVID-19 cases, including 483 local infections, raising the total caseload to 128,283, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose by the smallest number in a week on Monday due to fewer tests over the weekend, but health authorities remained worried over a potential spike amid spreading variant cases. The country reported 463 more COVID-19 cases, including 436 local infections, raising the [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell back below 600 on Sunday mainly due to fewer tests as health authorities try to boost the nationwide vaccination drive to contain the spread. The country reported 564 more COVID-19 cases, including 522 local infections, raising the total caseload to 127,309, the [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose back to the 700s for the first time in 10 days Saturday as the country remains on alert for a potential upsurge in variant cases. The country reported 701 more COVID-19 cases, including 672 local infections, raising the total caseload to 126,745, [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new virus cases remained in the 500s for the second day Friday as the country remained guarded against a potential upsurge in variant cases. The country reported 525 more COVID-19 cases, including 509 local infections, raising the total caseload to 126,044, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday that it plans to open up contactless, mobile facilities where families can meet their senior family members at nursing facilities that have banned visitors due to the coronavirus outbreak. This new facility, set up at Seoul Dongbu Senior Care Center, is a 15-square-meter [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new virus cases fell back to the 500s again Thursday as fewer people took virus tests on the Children’s Day holiday, but the country’s health authorities remained vigilant over cluster infections and spreading variant cases. The country reported 574 more COVID-19 cases, including 562 local infections, [...]