SEOUL/BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — China announced the suspension Tuesday of its short-term visa service for South Koreans in retaliation against Seoul’s regulations on entries from the neighbor with increasing COVID-19 infections. The Chinese Embassy in Seoul made public the decision in a post on its WeChat account, citing an “instruction” from Beijing for [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest Tuesday tally in 10 weeks in a sign of a downturn in the virus’ spread. The country reported 60,041 new COVID-19 infections, including 87 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 29,599,747, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to the lowest in nine weeks Monday amid the government’s efforts to contain the inflow of the virus from China. The country reported 19,106 new COVID-19 infections, including 109 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 29,539,706, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell for the fifth consecutive day Sunday amid the government’s efforts to prevent the inflow of the virus from China. A total of 46,766 new coronavirus infections, including 132 from overseas, have been confirmed, bringing the total to 29,520,600, according to the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell for the fourth consecutive day Saturday amid the government’s efforts to prevent the inflow of the virus from China. South Korea confirmed 53,807 new coronavirus infections, including 219 from overseas, bringing the total to 29,473,834, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell for the third consecutive day to come below 60,000 on Friday amid the government’s efforts to prevent the virus inflow from China and other regions. The country confirmed 56,954 new coronavirus infections, including 258 from overseas, bringing the total to 29,420,226, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell for the second consecutive day to come below 65,000 on Thursday, as the government has been on alert over a wintertime surge and began requiring a pre-entry negative virus test result for entrants from China. The country confirmed 64,106 new coronavirus infections, including [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 80,000 on Wednesday amid lingering concerns over a wintertime surge, and the government has taken steps to tighten entry rules to prevent the virus inflow from China and other regions. The country confirmed 78,575 new coronavirus infections, including 172 from overseas, bringing [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will require a negative COVID-19 PCR test for arrivals from Hong Kong and Macao, in addition to the planned requirement for travelers from China, due to a surge in infections in the region, health authorities said Tuesday. Starting Saturday, those from Hong Kong and Macao will be [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell for the sixth consecutive day Monday amid concerns over a wintertime surge, with the government beginning to require a PCR test for travelers from China as the virus spreads in the neighboring country. The country confirmed 22,735 new coronavirus infections, including 35 from [...]