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 [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases remained under 70,000 for the third straight day on Sunday amid the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country reported 65,433 new COVID-19 infections, including 333 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,211,613, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported 68,551 new coronavirus cases Saturday as the highly contagious omicron subvariant BA.5 continued to spread. The tally is 1.66 times the number of cases a week ago but similar to the 68,632 new infections reported the previous day. Saturday’s cases, including 293 from overseas, raised the [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 70,000 Friday but are nearly 10 times higher than a month ago amid the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country reported 68,632 new COVID-19 infections, including 323 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,077,659, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 70,000 for the third straight day Thursday due to the spread of a highly contagious omicron subvariant. The country reported 71,170 new COVID-19 infections, including 320 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 19,009,080, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
DAEJEON, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said Wednesday it had developed a new biosensor that can accurately diagnose COVID-19 infection within a very short time through a smartphone app. The research team succeeded in detecting the target gene in a fast and accurate manner without separate gene [...]