SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases dipped below 10,000 on Monday, as the country moved to end almost all COVID-19 restrictions and return to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 7,178 cases, including 16 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,415,280, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed below 20,000 for the second consecutive day on Saturday, as the country moved to end almost all COVID-19 restrictions and return to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 19,352 cases, including 30 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,390,699, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 20,000 on Friday, a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an end to almost all COVID-19 restrictions in the latest step to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. The country reported 19,989 cases, including 17 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,371,675, [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday declared an end to almost all COVID-19 restrictions, including mandatory isolation, effectively placing the disease in the endemic category. Yoon said during a COVID-19 response meeting that the seven-day mandatory isolation period for COVID-19 patients will be reduced to a recommendation of five [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 20,000 for the third consecutive day Thursday as President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an end to almost all COVID-19 restrictions in the latest step to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. South Korea reported 20,574 cases, including 32 imported cases, bringing the total caseload [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new daily coronavirus cases hit a three-month high Wednesday amid eased virus restrictions. The country reported 23,521 cases, including 43 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,331,112, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. Wednesday’s tally marked a growth from the previous day’s 21,681 [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases bounced back to over 20,000 on Tuesday with the daily caseload jumping to a three-month high on eased virus restrictions. The country reported 21,681 cases, including 35 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,307,591, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 10,000 on Monday due mainly to fewer tests over the weekend as the country is considering further easing antivirus curbs to regain normalcy. The country reported 8,164 cases, including 33 imported cases, bringing the total caseload to 31,285,910, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to “swiftly” lower its national crisis level for COVID-19, the head of the country’s public health agency said Saturday, after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared an end to the virus as a global health emergency earlier this week. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 20,000 on Friday as the country sees a steady on-week growth in the daily caseload on eased virus curbs. The country reported 18,752 cases, including 38 imported cases, on the Children’s Day holiday, bringing the total caseload to 31,251,203, the Korea Disease [...]