LONDON, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — As the pandemic crisis has entered a new phase, it is a common belief among the scientific community that COVID-19 is here to stay, maybe for a long time. Many scientists expect the virus that causes COVID-19 to become endemic. According to a 2021 Nature’s poll, administered to more [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed above 100,000 for the third straight day Thursday amid a fresh wave of infections driven by a highly infectious omicron variant. The country added 107,894 new COVID-19 infections, including 435 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 20,160,154, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
JEONJU, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeonbuk National University Hospital announced on Wednesday that its researchers had succeeded in immunologically clarifying the presumed correlation between COVID-19 and severe asthma and the risk of their combination. The research team published the results of their study in the latest online edition of the international journal Allergy. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases rose further on Wednesday amid a fresh wave of infections driven by a highly infectious omicron variant. The country added 119,922 new COVID-19 infections, including 600 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 20,052,305, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea saw its total COVID-19 caseload rise above 20 million late Tuesday as a highly infectious omicron variant has fueled a surge of new infections. As of 9 p.m., local governments had reported 115,311 additional cases, bringing the cumulative number to 20,047,750. The nation, with a population of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported more than 100,000 new coronavirus cases late Monday amid a resurgence fueled by a highly contagious omicron subvariant. As of 9 p.m., local governments had reported 106,367 additional cases, 2.48 times the number from the same time Sunday. Daily cases are counted until midnight and announced [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 80,000 for the first time in about a week, but the number of seriously ill patients hit a two-month high amid a virus wave driven by a highly contagious omicron subvariant, according to the nation’s health authorities Sunday. The country added 73,589 [...]
SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea had no additional suspected COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day, according to its state media Sunday, as the country is redoubling efforts to “completely end” its virus crisis. “No new fever cases were reported” over a 24-hour period until 6 p.m. the previous day, the official [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 90,000 for the third straight day Saturday but were steeply up from a week ago, amid a spike in omicron subvariant infections. The country added 82,002 new COVID-19 infections, including 397 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,702,461, the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed below 90,000 for the second consecutive day Friday but were sharply up from a week ago, in an upward trend in the curve amid a resurgence in the virus. The country added 85,320 new COVID-19 infections, including 439 from overseas, bringing the total [...]