SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases surpassed 100,000 for the first time Thursday, as the highly transmissible omicron variant fueled a surge of infections around the country. According to health authorities and local governments, a total of 100,870 cases had been confirmed nationwide as of 9 p.m., up 10,642 from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Post, the national postal service, said Wednesday that postal workers will be in charge of delivering COVID-19 home treatment kits to homes as part of their responsibility as public servants. Registering delivery information on Korea Post’s online website at a local public health center will send a postal [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases spiked to an all-time high Wednesday amid worries that the number could further increase as the government might ease current tough social distancing curbs later this week. The country reported 90,443 new COVID-19 infections for Tuesday, including 90,281 local cases, raising the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — As the government is offering self-test kits to the public for initial tests for COVID-19, controversy looms over the accuracy of these kits. The Korean Society for Laboratory Medicine argued that the level of accuracy for these self-test kits stands at a maximum of 41.5 percent, with a 58.5 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will refund COVID-19 test fees for those who test negative with self-test kits but are later confirmed positive after taking a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at a medical institution at their own expense, health authorities said. Kim Kap-jung, a senior official at the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily virus cases surpassed the grim milestone of 80,000 Tuesday, as the highly transmissible omicron variant fueled a surge of cases around the country. According to health authorities and local governments, a total of 85,114 infection cases had been confirmed nationwide as of 9 p.m., up 28,787 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean drug companies are upping the ante to develop the country’s first homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, possibly effective against the omicron variant, which may become a game changer in fighting the yearslong pandemic. According to the latest data by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, a total of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 50,000 for the fifth day in a row Monday as health authorities brace for a further spike amid the fast spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant across the nation. On Monday, the country began administering the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccines, starting [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The education ministry is considering requiring kindergarten and elementary students to take rapid COVID-19 tests at home before going to school twice a week starting next month, officials said Monday. “We’re conducting discussions while leaving various possibilities open, including a measure to have students go to school after tests [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases hit a fresh record of 56,431 on Sunday, as the highly transmissible omicron variant continued to spread quickly across the nation. The fresh cases, including 56,297 local infections, raised the country’s total caseload to 1,350,630, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]