SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korean health authorities now imposing stricter qualifications for receiving a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test while lifting self-quarantine rules, an increasing number of people are finding themselves in the ‘gray area’ between those suspected of or infected with coronavirus. As people can no longer receive tests at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases soared to a new high of over 170,000 on Wednesday, with yet another infection record potentially looming amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 171,452 new COVID-19 infections, including 171,271 local cases, raising the total caseload to 2,329,182, according to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections surpassed 150,000 for the first time Tuesday amid the fast spread of the omicron variant across the country. According to health authorities and local governments, a total of 158,005 cases had been confirmed nationwide as of 9 p.m., up 60,070 from 97,935 posted the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — V, a member of K-pop juggernaut BTS, has fully recovered from COVID-19 and been released from isolation, his agency said Tuesday. The 26-year-old singer, whose real name is Kim Tae-hyung, tested positive a week ago after experiencing a mild sore throat. “V was released from isolation today as he [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The fast spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19 has led to daily infections of more than 100,000 people, but it has barely changed the everyday lives of office workers and college students. Many public institutions and private businesses have made few or no changes to their current work-at-home [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A surge in coronavirus cases has been wreaking havoc on playing schedules in South Korean professional sports this month, an eerie deja vu to previous springs when seasons were postponed or even canceled outright at the onset of the pandemic. The top two divisions in pro football just had [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — 8 out of 10 patients who took Paxlovid, a pill against COVID-19 developed by Pfizer Inc., showed improvements in their symptoms, health authorities said Monday. The Central Disease Control Headquarters unveiled the analytical results of the treatment of 364 virus patients who took Paxlovid. Of the total, 352 patients [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea logged fewer than 100,000 daily coronavirus cases Monday, due to less testing over the weekend, while health authorities forecast the current COVID-19 wave to peak between late February and March. The country reported 95,362 new COVID-19 infections, including 95,218 local cases, raising the total caseload to 2,058,184, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Low-income regions highly populated with seniors, disabled individuals and immigrants are more vulnerable to a pandemic like COVID-19, a report said Sunday. A research team from the Korea Institute of Public Administration studied the exposure (how easily a disease may spread), susceptibility (how much a disease can incur physical, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — As the country begins to encourage home treatment for COVID-19, demand for cough medication and fever reducers are on the rise as more people are flocking to drug stores to stock medicine at home. Dong-A Pharmaceutical Co. reported that stocks of Panpyrin cold medication are rapidly emptying out at [...]