SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed above 400 on Saturday, the second day of mass vaccinations, as sporadic cluster infections continued to linger throughout the nation. The country reported 415 more virus cases, including 405 local infections, raising the total caseload to 89,321, according to the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose above 400 again on Friday as the country started its vaccination program and decided to extend current social distancing guidelines for two more weeks. The country reported 406 more virus cases, including 382 local infections, raising the total caseload to 88,922, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell slightly below 400 on Thursday, a day ahead of the country’s first rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, as sporadic cluster infections continued to pop up across the country. The country reported 396 more virus cases, including 369 local infections, raising the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases bounced back to over 400 on Wednesday on continued cluster infections across the country ahead of the country’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout this week. The country reported 440 more virus cases, including 417 local infections, raising the total caseload to 88,120, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 400 for the second straight day Tuesday on fewer tests over the weekend, but authorities are vigilant over the rising reproduction rate amid eased social distancing measures and an increase in the number of patients infected with COVID-19 variants. The country [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans felt less happy last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, with women, young adults, the elderly and low-income citizens affected the most, a state-run think tank’s survey showed Tuesday. According to an annual survey on 8,336 adults by the Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA) from September [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will begin its first inoculations against the novel coronavirus later this week, health authorities said Tuesday, adding it might not be able to achieve herd immunity by November. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said it will launch the free inoculation program with British-Swedish pharmaceutical [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases dipped below 400 on Monday due to fewer tests over the weekend, but a series of cluster infections at plants and hospitals continued to pile up. The country reported 332 more COVID-19 cases, including 313 local infections, raising the total caseload to 87,324, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea could produce locally developed vaccines against the novel coronavirus early next year, the ICT minister said Monday, as the country seeks to prepare for a drawn-out fight against the pandemic. Minister of Science and ICT Choi Ki-young said the government will continue to support development of local [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Less than half of South Koreans are willing to receive COVID-19 vaccine shots immediately, without waiting for further reports on those vaccines’ effects, an opinion poll showed Monday. In the survey conducted on 1,020 people aged 18 or over by the Korea Society Opinion Institute from last Friday to [...]