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 [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 90,000 on Thursday, cooling from the steep rise earlier in the week but continuing the worrisome uptrend weighing on efforts to restore normalcy. The country added 88,384 new COVID-19 infections, including 425 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,535,242, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases surpassed the 100,000 mark for the first time in more than three months on Wednesday as the new wave of an omicron subvariant is spreading fast. The country added 100,285 new COVID-19 infections, including 532 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,446,946, the [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases bounced back to nearly 100,000 on Tuesday as an omicron subvariant has spread fast amid a new wave of the virus resurgence. The country reported 99,327 new COVID-19 infections, including 353 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,346,764, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — To cope with the new wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, the government has expanded the scope of beneficiaries for fourth doses of vaccines, including those residing at so-called ‘homeless living facilities.’ Unfortunately, however, those living on the streets were not included on the list, raising concerns that they would [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases are likely to top 100,000 per day this week as an omicron subvariant spreads quickly. As of 9 p.m. on Monday, the country reported 94,213 new cases, up 59,000 from the same time the previous day, according to health authorities and provincial governments. Daily [...]