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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s total COVID-19 caseload surpassed 2 million on Sunday, just two weeks after reaching the 1 million mark, amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. As of 9 p.m., local governments had reported 93,260 new COVID-19 cases, down 7,252 from the 100,512 posted the same time the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported more than 100,000 new COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row on Saturday amid the rapid spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant. The new daily infections came to 102,211, including 102,072 local infections, raising the total caseload to 1,858,009 the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s drug authorities began the monitoring of whether COVID-19 self-test kit purchase restrictions are going smoothly amid a supply crunch and soaring virus cases. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said it is looking into whether pharmacies and convenience stores are abiding by the latest measures to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 100,000 on Friday for the first time since the pandemic began about two years ago as the highly transmissible omicron variant spreads rapidly. The cases could continue to rise going forward as the government is set to partially relax social distancing rules this [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The government decided to push back the curfew on cafes and restaurants by one hour to 10 p.m. while keeping the private gathering size limit at six starting this weekend, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said Friday. The easing of the social distancing rules comes despite a massive surge in [...]