SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported fewer than 80,000 daily new coronavirus cases on Wednesday as most of the country’s virus restrictions are lifted amid the slowdown of the omicron wave. The country added 76,787 new COVID-19 infections, including 37 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,086,626, according to the [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The incoming government of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol will determine whether to lift an outdoor mask mandate in late May, the transition team chief said Wednesday. Ahn Cheol-soo said the decision will depend on the “situation” in late May, noting that South Korea is currently reporting a large number of [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases jumped to over 80,000 on Tuesday as most of the country’s virus restrictions are lifted amid the slowdown of the omicron wave. The country added 80,361 new COVID-19 infections, including 16 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 17,009,865, according to the [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has developed a new molecular diagnosis technology that can detect not only COVID-19 but also other future viruses in a rapid and accurate manner. The National Research Foundation of Korea said Monday that researchers at Konkuk University had succeeded in developing a molecular diagnosis procedure that can [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases dropped to the 30,000s on Monday for the first time in 76 days as most of the country’s virus restrictions are lifted amid the slowdown of the omicron wave. The country added 34,370 new COVID-19 infections, including 31 cases from overseas, bringing the [...]
SEOUL, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A WeChat chatroom for apartment residents in Shanghai’s southwestern district of Minhang was recently filled with words of appreciation to their “Korean neighbors.” The incident came after South Korean food producer Pulmuone Co. gave out free tofu to thousands of households in this apartment complex stricken by a month-long [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases stayed below 100,000 for the fourth day in a row Sunday, with most of the country’s virus restrictions set to be lifted this week amid the slowdown of the omicron wave. The country added 64,725 new COVID-19 infections, including 36 cases from overseas, [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily tally of new coronavirus cases stayed below 100,000 for the third day in a row Saturday as the omicron wave is gradually subsiding. The country added 75,449 new COVID-19 infections, including 29 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 16,830,469, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported fewer than 100,000 coronavirus cases for the second day in a row Friday as the omicron variant apparently is receding. The country added 81,058 new COVID-19 infections, including 15 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 16,755,055, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported fewer than 100,000 coronavirus cases Thursday as the omicron curve has turned downward since mid-March. The country added 90,867 new COVID-19 infections, including 31 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 16,674,045, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The new tally is [...]