SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed in the 500s for the third straight day Friday, as cluster infections continued to emerge across the nation. Social distancing rules were tightened in some cities, including Busan and Jeonju. The country reported 558 more COVID-19 cases, including 533 local infections, raising [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecom operator, said Thursday that it has established the nation’s first ‘digital health pass’ platform in collaboration with Incheon International Airport and the Inha University Hospital. The company said that the platform aims to support the safe entry and departure of people into [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose to more than 500 for the second day Thursday, with tightened social distancing rules to be implemented in the second-largest city of Busan over the continued emergence of cluster infections. The country reported 551 more COVID-19 cases, including 537 local infections, raising [...]
GWANGJU, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A new study has revealed that kimchi, the most well-known traditional Korean dish, can alleviate symptoms caused by the coronavirus. A joint research team from the World Institute of Kimchi, the organization under the state-run Korea Food Research Institute, and the University of Montpellier Department of Respiratory Diseases in [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s exports of test kits for the new coronavirus, protective masks and other virus-related goods sharply increased last year amid the pandemic, data showed Thursday, with the country planning to further expand outbound shipments of such goods down the road. Outbound shipments of such goods reached US$5.9 billion [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases bounced back above 500 on Wednesday, in a sign that virus infections are accelerating across the country as people’s movement increases amid spring weather. The country reported 506 more COVID-19 cases, including 491 local infections, raising the total caseload to 103,088, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Clusters of coronavirus infections have recently popped up in universities in the city, prompting classes to switch back to online, with students rushing to get tested, less than a month after the spring semester began. At Sogang University in western Seoul, a total of eight students have tested positive [...]
Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Guildford, United Kingdom, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Royal Philips (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHIA), today announced it has supported the NHS’ Cheshire and Merseyside consortium [1] to become the first regional hub supplying the United Kingdom’s National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database (NCCID). The NCCID is a centralized database containing X-Ray, CT and MRI [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The central and local governments will reduce their emergency coronavirus text alerts amid mounting complaints that frequent arrivals of such messages have increased the public weariness in the prolonged pandemic, the interior ministry said Wednesday. The revised guidelines for coronavirus-related text alerts, which go into effect Thursday, require only [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases rose above 400 again on Tuesday as a string of cluster infections continued to emerge at various facilities and workplaces nationwide. The country reported 447 more COVID-19 cases, including 429 local infections, raising the total caseload to 102,582, the Korea Disease Control and [...]