SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported fewer than 20,000 COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive day Saturday, with critical cases dropping to a 10-month low, amid the receding omicron wave. The country added 14,398 new infections, including 45 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,067,669, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported fewer than 20,000 COVID-19 cases for the second consecutive day Friday as the pandemic’s grip on the country appears to be loosening. The country added 16,584 new infections, including 49 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,053,287, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported fewer than 20,000 COVID-19 cases Thursday as the rapid spread of the omicron variant is under control. The country added 18,816 new infections, including 34 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,036,720, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The daily tally [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Air pollutants like sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide raise the risk of COVID-19 infection, a study showed Wednesday. A joint research team from CHA University and Kyungnam University conducted a study of 3,234 people who were infected with COVID-19 between January and April 2020 to look at how weather [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Romania continue to engage in cooperation to fight against the pandemic. The South Korean Embassy in Romania said Wednesday it had donated some 600,000 Korean-made COVID-19 test kits to the Romanian government. This follows the European country’s donation of surplus vaccines to South Korea last summer [...]
NEW ALBANY, Ohio, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — CVG announced on Thursday that it has restarted operations at its Shanghai plant in China. In March, the company became one of thousands of manufacturers in the region that were forced to halt production as the result of restrictions aimed at stemming the spread of COVID-19. Production [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases stayed in the 20,000s for the second consecutive day Wednesday, down nearly 7,400 cases from a week ago, as the COVID-19 pandemic is in retreat. The country added 23,956 new infections, including 21 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 18,017,923, the Korea [...]
SHANGHAI, China, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Shanghai Junshi Biosciences Co., Ltd (“Junshi Biosciences,” HKEX: 1877; SSE: 688180), a leading innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development, and commercialization of novel therapies, announced today that the Phase III clinical study (NCT05341609) comparing the efficacy and safety of VV116 (JT001) and nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (“PAXLOVID”) in the [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases continued a downward trend Tuesday, dropping more than 5,000 cases from a week ago, as the omicron-fueled surge has lost steam since mid-March. The country added 26,344 new infections, including 43 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,993,985, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell to a 17-week low Monday, as the omicron-driven surge has slowed in recent weeks. The country added 9,975 new infections, including 17 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,967,672, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Monday’s tally dropped [...]