SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will ship to India hundreds of oxygen cylinders and other medical supplies to help the country fight the resurgent COVID-19 pandemic, the foreign ministry said Friday. Seoul plans to send 230 oxygen concentrators, 200 oxygen cylinders with regulators, and 100 negative pressure isolation stretchers to the country [...]
SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of South Koreans are suffering from the “corona blues,” which refers to depression caused by COVID-19. Following the coronavirus outbreak, those in their 20s and 30s have become relatively more prone to depression and even committing suicide than other age groups, a study showed Thursday. The [...]
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, [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — In a massive coronavirus breakout at a church in Goesan County, North Chungcheong Province, 23 churchgoers tested positive for the coronavirus except for one person – a lucky individual who had already been vaccinated. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported that 22 people who participated in [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Coronavirus self-test kits became available in supermarkets and convenience stores across the country Thursday as South Korea is seeking to step up its testing capacity with no letup of new virus cases in sight. Self-test kits by two local drugmakers — Humasis Inc. and SD Biosensor Co. — have [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new virus cases spiked to the 600s on Wednesday as rising cluster infections continue to hamper the country’s virus fight against the pandemic. The country reported 676 more COVID-19 cases, including 651 local infections, raising the total caseload to 124,945, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — People who have been fully vaccinated against the novel coronavirus in South Korea are exempted from the mandatory 14-day isolation starting Wednesday when arriving here from overseas and when having close contact with virus patients. The new rules will be applied only for those who have been fully inoculated [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost nine in 10 young students in South Korea prefer in-person classes to online ones, despite risks of coronavirus infections, a poll showed Wednesday. According to the survey on 685 elementary, middle and high school students conducted from April 25 to Monday by a local teachers’ group, 87.1 percent [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new virus cases bounced back to the 500s on Tuesday amid growing fears that rising cases of COVID-19 variants could become another challenge to the country’s virus battle. The country reported 541 more COVID-19 cases, including 514 local infections, raising the total caseload to 124,269, the [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s daily new virus cases fell back to the 400s on Monday as fewer people took new virus tests over the weekend with concerns over another round of the pandemic still worrisome amid a low vaccine supply. The country reported 488 more COVID-19 cases, including 465 local infections, [...]