SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Dialysis patients infected with COVID-19 are failing to receive treatment as they wait for hospital beds. Oh Hyeon-ju (alias), a 41-year-old office worker, said her father has been receiving dialysis treatment three times every week after he was diagnosed with kidney disorder in September of last year. When he [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases were below 6,000 for the second day in a row Tuesday, but the number of new critically ill patients exceeded 1,000 again. The country added 5,202 more COVID-19 cases, including 5,144 local infections, bringing the cumulative total to 575,615, the Korea Disease Control and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has allocated 1.1 million Swiss francs (US$1.2 million) to help North Korea combat the COVID-19 pandemic from January last year to June next year, its interim financial report showed. According to the COVID-19 Outbreak 20-Month Update, the organization [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 6,000 for the first time in six days Monday due partly to less testing over the weekend, but the number of critically ill patients was at almost 1,000. The country added 5,318 more COVID-19 cases, including 5,258 local infections, bringing the cumulative [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases fell below 7,000 for the first time in five days Sunday, but critical cases surged to a record high as the government reimposed restrictions to contain the fast spread of the virus. The country added 6,236 more COVID-19 cases, including 6,173 local infections, bringing [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 7,000 for the fourth consecutive day Saturday and critical cases surged to a record high as the government reimposed restrictions to contain the fast spread of the virus. The country added 7,314 more COVID-19 cases, including 7,284 local infections, bringing the cumulative [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 7,000 for the third consecutive day Friday, with the country set to restore tight social distancing and other virus curbs to contain the fast spread of the virus. The country added 7,435 more COVID-19 cases, including 7,400 local infections, bringing the cumulative [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases stayed above 7,000 for the second consecutive day Thursday and the number of critically ill COVID-19 patients rose close to 1,000, as the country prepares to bring back tougher virus curbs to stem the spread of the virus. Authorities warned that daily infections could [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new coronavirus cases and critically ill patients surged to fresh record highs Wednesday, with the government tipped to restore toughest virus curbs to contain the spread of infections. The country added 7,850 new COVID-19 infections, including 7,828 local infections, raising the cumulative caseload to 536,495, according to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Ahead of next year’s presidential and local elections, the government is reviewing the idea of expanding the so-called ‘at-home voting system’ for those quarantined at home or at quarantine facilities for COVID-19. “We submitted a plan to expand coverage of the ‘at-home voting system’ to include those quarantined at [...]