SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new coronavirus cases bounced back to more than 200,000 on Tuesday after falling to the lowest level in seven weeks a day earlier amid the government’s efforts to return to normalcy. The country reported 210,755 new COVID-19 infections, including 33 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 cases fell below 100,000 for the first time in seven weeks on Monday, as the omicron wave is slowing after reaching its peak in mid-March. The country added 90,928 new COVID-19 infections, including 21 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 15,424,598, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases fell below 200,000 for the second straight day Sunday amid a downtrend in the virus curve, as the country is poised to further relax antivirus curbs in efforts to return to normalcy. The country added 164,481 new COVID-19 infections, including 27 from overseas, bringing [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 200,000 on Saturday as the spread of the omicron variant slowed down after peaking last month. The country reported 185,566 new COVID-19 infections, including 40 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 15,169,189, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the fourth consecutive day Friday in a downward trend that could cause health officials to lower the infectious disease level of COVID-19 amid eased social distancing rules. The country reported 205,333 new COVID-19 infections, including 31 cases from overseas, [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the third consecutive day on Thursday as the government is considering lifting social distancing rules in a step toward people’s return to normalcy. The country reported 224,820 new COVID-19 infections, including 40 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With the coronavirus pandemic continuing for more than two years, Koreans have learned a new habit of washing hands while foreigners are watching more YouTube content, a Seoul-based non-profit organization said Wednesday. The Corea Image Communication Institute conducted a survey of 214 Koreans and 203 foreigners, in which 71.5 [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases remained in the 200,000s for the second straight day on Wednesday, as the spread of the omicron variant has slowed down after peaking last month. The country reported 286,294 new COVID-19 infections, including 22 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 14,553,644, the [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases jumped to over 260,000 on Tuesday as the spread of the omicron variant slowed down after peaking out last month. The country reported 266,135 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the total caseload to 14,267,401, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Tuesday’s tally [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s Shanghai and Jilin Province are experiencing rapid spread of COVID-19, and local quarantine authorities have blamed imported clothes from South Korea as the source of the surge in cases. Chinese portal site Baidu’s top search keywords included ‘the possible correlation between the infections in the two regions and [...]