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 [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will phase out all its residential COVID-19 treatment centers across the capital by the end of this month amid the receding of the pandemic, officials said. In their fight against COVID-19, Seoul and other regional governments operated residential treatment centers to quarantine and treat patients [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 20,000 for the first time in six days on Sunday in a downward trend in virus cases amid the government’s effort to move the country back to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country added 19,298 new infections, including 24 cases from overseas, bringing the [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell for a fourth consecutive day to stay below 30,000 on Saturday as the government kept tight vigilance with the postponement of a plan to relax more antivirus curbs. The country added 23,462 new COVID-19 infections, including 11 cases from overseas, bringing the total [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell for a third consecutive day to stay below 30,000 on Friday, as the government pushed back the plan to relax more virus restrictions, citing the continuing omicron wave and possible spread of other variants. The country added 25,125 new COVID-19 infections, including 22 [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Middle and high school students infected with COVID-19 will be allowed to take school exams beginning this semester, the education ministry said Friday, as new coronavirus cases have been on a steady decline. Students who have contracted the disease will still be prohibited from attending school. But if they [...]