SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell back to the 1,300s on Tuesday due to fewer tests over the extended weekend amid concerns over a potential upsurge down the road. The country added 1,373 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,323 local infections, raising the total caseload to 226,854, according to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study found that compared to people without rheumatism, individuals suffering from rheumatism have a higher risk of being infected with COVID-19 and once they get infected, they are more likely to develop severe symptoms. Based on data from the National Health Insurance Service, a research team from [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus fell back to the 1,500s due to fewer tests over the weekend but marked the highest daily figure reported on a Monday amid concerns over a spike in cases following the Liberation Day holiday. The country added 1,556 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,493 local [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus fell back to the 1,800s Sunday due to fewer tests over the weekend, but health authorities remained on alert over further spread of the virus following an extended weekend. The country added 1,817 more COVID-19 cases, including 1,749 local infections, raising the total caseload [...]
JEJU, Aug. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The municipality of the southern resort island of Jeju decided Sunday to raise social distancing rules to the highest level starting Wednesday in a bid to stem a spike in COVID-19 cases. The virus curbs will be raised by one notch to Level 4, the highest level in the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus infections continued to stay around 2,000 on Saturday amid concerns over yet another potential virus spike after the public holiday running through early next week. The country added 1,930 COVID-19 cases, including 1,860 local infections, raising the cumulative caseload to 222,111, the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new coronavirus infections stayed at around 2,000 for the third day in a row Friday amid worries that the daily caseload may stay above the threshold due to the spread of the highly contagious delta variant and a potential increase in activities over the weekend. The country [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases fell back below 2,000 on Thursday, but the peak of the current wave of the pandemic has not yet come amid calls for tougher measures to bring virus infections under control and slow vaccinations. The country added 1,987 COVID-19 cases, including 1,947 local [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that the vast majority of Koreans still think that it is important to control the number of COVID-19 patients despite the decline in the fatality rate resulting from the rollout of a national vaccination program. The Graduate School of Public Health at Seoul National University [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases reached a new high of over 2,200 on Wednesday since the start of the pandemic in January last year in the face of monthlong toughened virus curbs and a slower than expected vaccination campaign. The country added 2,223 COVID-19 cases, including 2,145 local [...]