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 [...]
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 [...]