SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Three members of K-pop girl group Red Velvet — Irene, Joy and Yeri — have tested positive for COVID-19, leading to the cancellation of all two concerts scheduled for the weekend, the group’s agency said Monday. The members recently tested positive through self-test kits and then underwent polymerase chain [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will begin vaccinating children aged 5-11 against COVID-19 late this month, Interior Minister Jeon Hae-cheol said Monday. The safety of COVID-19 vaccines for children has been sufficiently proven abroad while COVID-19 patients aged 11 or under have surpassed 15 percent of all cases in the country, Jeon [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases stayed above 350,000 for the second straight day Sunday as the country is grappling with the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 350,190 new COVID-19 infections, including 350,157 local cases, raising the total caseload to 6,556,453, according to the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry renewed its COVID-19 special advisory against all overseas travel for another month Sunday in what is expected to be the last extension of the advisory that was first issued two years ago. In the advisory effective until April 13, the ministry warned against travelling to all [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases hit another record high of over 380,000 on Saturday amid the omicron surge, with the death toll surpassing 10,000. The country reported 383,665 new COVID-19 infections, including 383,590 local cases, raising the total caseload to 6,206,277, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases fell below 300,000 on Friday after spiking to a record high two days earlier, but deaths hit a fresh high amid the omicron surge. The country reported 282,987 new COVID-19 infections, including 282,880 local cases, raising the total caseload to 5,822,626, according to the [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea confirmed more than 300,000 coronavirus cases for the second consecutive day Thursday as the dominant omicron variant of the coronavirus continued to spur new outbreaks nationwide. The country reported 327,549 new COVID-19 infections, including 327,490 local cases, raising the total caseload to 5,539,650, according to the Korea [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases soared to hit a fresh record high of more than 340,000 Wednesday while voters went to the polls to pick a new president amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 342,446 new COVID-19 infections, including 342,388 local cases, raising the [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Severe and critical cases of COVID-19 in South Korea hit a two-month high Tuesday as the highly contagious omicron variant continued to spread rapidly across the country and fuel new outbreaks. The country reported 202,721 new COVID-19 infections, including 202,647 local cases, raising the total caseload to 4,869,691, according [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed above 200,000 for the fourth consecutive day and critical cases rose to near 1,000 Monday, as the highly contagious omicron variant continued to fuel a surge in infections. The country reported 210,716 new COVID-19 infections, including 210,628 local cases, raising the total caseload [...]