SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided Friday to raise the private gathering size limit to 10 people and relax the business hour curfew on restaurants and cafes to midnight, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said. The new social distancing rules will go into effect Monday for two weeks. Should the situation remain stable [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases fell more than 100,000 to around 320,000 on Thursday, but the number of seriously ill patients hit an all-time high amid the continued spread of the highly transmissible “stealth omicron” subvariant. The country added 320,743 new coronavirus infections, including 24 cases from overseas, [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) – Countries with lower national income are more prone to believing in COVID-19-related fake news, a study showed Wednesday. The Institute for Basic Science’s Data Science Group led by Cha Meeyoung, a professor at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), analyzed data collected from 40 countries as [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases rose to over 420,000 Wednesday amid concerns over the continued rise in seriously ill patients and deaths over the fast spread of the highly transmissible “stealth omicron” subvariant. The country added 424,641 new coronavirus infections, including 32 cases from overseas, bringing the total [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The transition team of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol said Wednesday it will scrap the curfew on business hours once the spread of COVID-19 passes its peak. South Korea has enforced strict business restrictions through most of the pandemic, including caps on the size of private gatherings and curfews for restaurants, [...]
WALTHAM, Mass., March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Adagio Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADGI), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of antibody-based solutions for infectious diseases, reported that the primary endpoints were met with statistical significance for all three indications in the company’s ongoing global Phase 2/3 clinical trials evaluating its investigational [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases rose to around 350,000 Tuesday, ending a downturn for five consecutive days, amid the fast spread of the highly transmissible “stealth omicron” subvariant. The country added 347,554 new coronavirus infections, including 41 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 12,350,428, the Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of COVID-19 infections continues to climb, some firms are forcing unpaid leave and wage cuts on employees, a pro-labor civic group said. Gabjil 119 received 19 reports between January and March 20 involving unjust treatment at workplaces in dealing with the pandemic. The civic group has also [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases fell below 200,000 for the first time in 25 days Monday, as the omicron-driven virus peak appears to have passed amid growing concerns over the spread of the even more transmissible “stealth omicron” subvariant. The country added 187,213 new coronavirus infections, including 25 [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases stayed below 400,000 for the fourth consecutive day Sunday, as the highly transmissible omicron variant continues to spread across the nation amid eased antivirus curbs. The country added 318,130 new coronavirus infections, including 43 cases from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 11,162,232, [...]