SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases remained in the 400s for the second consecutive day Monday partly due to fewer tests over the weekend, while health authorities are grappling with sporadic cluster infections across the nation. The country reported 430 more COVID-19 cases, including 411 local infections, raising the [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Kang Soon-young, a 49-years-old man who runs a small travel agency in Gangdong District, Seoul, converted half of the office into a laundromat in April 2020 as overseas travel became almost impossible due to the outbreak of the coronavirus. After opening the door of the travel agency that no [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell back to the 400s on Sunday for the first time in 20 days amid continued cluster infections and growing fears over the spread of more virulent variants. The country reported 480 more COVID-19 cases, including 464 local infections, raising the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Around 2,000 foreigners, including U.S. soldiers in South Korea, set off firecrackers and held parties without wearing masks on and around a local beach amid the coronavirus pandemic, police said Sunday. The foreigners danced, drank and set off firecrackers on and around Haeundae Beach in the southern city of [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 500s for the second consecutive day Saturday as health authorities strive to contain cluster infections and the spread of virus variants. The country reported 533 more COVID-19 cases, including 505 local infections, raising the total caseload to 139,431, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily coronavirus cases fell below 600 on Friday, but sporadic cluster infections traced to entertainment facilities still hampered the virus fight, sparking concerns over yet another uptick in additional cases. The country reported 587 more COVID-19 cases, including 571 local infections, raising the total caseload to [...]
MONTREAL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) announces that the COLCORONA study results are published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine. The article, which is entitled Colchicine for community-treated patients with COVID-19 (COLCORONA): a phase 3, randomised, double-blinded, adaptive, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial, concludes that, given the lack of oral therapies available to prevent [...]
JEJU, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island, South Korea’s most popular holiday destination, will raise its anti-COVID-19 social distancing measures by one notch to Level 2 at the end of this month to cope with growing local transmissions of the coronavirus, the provincial government said Friday. The Level 2 posture, the third highest in [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily coronavirus cases fell back below 700 again Thursday, but the country is grappling with sporadic cluster infections amid the rising number of travelers enjoying warm weather. The country reported 629 more COVID-19 cases, including 620 local infections, raising the total caseload to 138,311, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases sharply bounced back to a nearly two-week high Wednesday as sporadic cluster infections, along with more transmissible variant cases, continued to pop up across the country. The health authorities said those who are vaccinated will be partly exempted from wearing masks and other [...]