SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest tally in 224 days on Monday, a week after the country lifted most mandatory indoor mask-wearing rules amid a COVID-19 downtrend. The country reported 5,850 new cases, including 20 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,263,261, according to the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The central and local governments will halt their emergency coronavirus text alerts, the interior ministry said. The ministry sent a notice to local governments to refrain from sending emergency text alerts about details on new infection cases and antivirus measures. In the notice, the ministry pointed out that users [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 15,000 on Sunday amid the view that the winter wave of infections has probably peaked. The country reported 14,018 new cases, including 34 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,257,411, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Saturday tally in 31 weeks amid a gradual downtrend as the government has taken steps to support people’s return to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 14,624 new cases, including 41 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,243,393, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Friday tally in 31 weeks amid a gradual downtrend as the government has taken steps to support people’s return to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 14,961 new cases, including 28 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,228,889, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Thursday tally in 31 weeks as the country has seen a gradual downward trend and has taken steps to fully regain pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 16,862 new cases, including 45 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,213,928, according [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases rose to over 20,000 on Wednesday as the government eased indoor mask-wearing restrictions in an effort to fully restore pre-pandemic normalcy amid a recent overall downward trend. The country reported 20,420 new cases, including 28 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,197,066, according [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases rose to around 20,000 on Tuesday as the government is working to fully restore pre-pandemic normalcy amid an overall downtrend. The country reported 19,629 new cases, including 31 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 30,176,646, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Monday lifted most mandatory indoor mask-wearing rules after more than two years amid a recent COVID-19 downtrend, with infections for the day falling to the lowest level in about seven months. The country reported 7,416 new cases, including 22 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 20,000 on Sunday, just a day ahead of the country’s planned lifting of a mask mandate for indoor places that has been in place for more than three years. The country reported 18,871 new cases, including 37 from overseas, bringing the total [...]