SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Restaurants, cafes and other small business owners on Friday expressed frustration over the government’s latest COVID-19 rule relaxation, with many questioning the efficacy of the gathering restriction when the nation is faced with its biggest virus wave to date. Earlier in the day, the government decided to raise the [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The obesity rate among children and teenagers has increased following the spread of COVID-19, which has forced many to remain indoors. A research team from Nowon Eulji Medical Center compared the body mass index (BMI) data of children who visited the hospital before and during the pandemic. Of 113 [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily COVID-19 cases spiked to more than 600,000 on Thursday, setting another record high, fueled by the spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant amid an easing of virus curbs. The country reported 621,328 new COVID-19 infections, including 62 cases from overseas, raising the total to [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Funeral-related facilities across Seoul have been crowded as deaths related to COVID-19 have risen sharply amid the recent wave of the omicron variant, industry sources said Thursday. Daily virus death cases in South Korea, which had remained under the 100 mark last month, spiked up to 128 on March [...]
GWANGJU, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) said Wednesday that its research team had identified the cause of COVID-19 aftereffects using machine learning, a type of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. Thus far, it has been reported that COVID-19 causes various aftereffects, including not only respiratory symptoms such as [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported 549,854 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, setting a new daily record as the country battles through the worst wave of the virus sparked by the omicron variant. The all-time high was reported as of 9 p.m., with three hours left until the daily tally ends. The [...]
SHANGHAI, China, March 16 (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 first patient was dosed in its Phase III trial of VV116 for the treatment of moderate to severe [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported 441,423 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, setting a new daily record as the country battles through the worst wave of the virus sparked by the omicron variant. The all-time high was reported as of 9 p.m., with three hours left until the daily tally ends. The [...]
SYDNEY, Australia, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – ENA Respiratory, a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing INNA-051, a first-in-class broad-spectrum antiviral innate immunomodulator for pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis of respiratory viral infections in populations at risk of complications, has dosed its first participants in a Phase 2a flu-challenge study. The Phase 2a trial is a single centre, prospective, [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported more than 300,000 new COVID-19 cases for a third consecutive day Monday as the virus wave, fueled by the highly contagious omicron variant, continued to grip the nation. The country added 309,790 new COVID-19 infections, the majority of which coming from local transmissions, putting the total [...]