SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent surge in temperatures has led to a significant spike in the population of ticks known to transmit infectious diseases, with their occurrence rate increasing by approximately 38% compared to the yearly average, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). On May 8, the KDCA revealed [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily new coronavirus cases remained in the 400s for the third consecutive day Tuesday, while health authorities are easing distancing rules for vaccinated people to speed up the inoculation drive. The country reported 459 more COVID-19 cases, including 449 local infections, raising the total caseload to 140,799, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A cat living with a family infected with COVID-19 has tested positive for the coronavirus in Seoul’s first case involving a pet, the city government said Monday. The female, 4-to-5-year-old cat was tested Saturday after she showed symptoms, including vomiting and lethargy. The result came back positive Sunday, and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The state-run Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute has developed a new artificial intelligence (AI)-based technology that anticipates the risk of coronavirus infection at populated facilities. The research team used the institute’s content creation software designed for simulating an accident at a nuclear power plant to render a populated facility [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Half of all South Koreans believe that getting infected with the coronavirus depends primarily on luck. A research team from Seoul National University’s Graduate School of Public Health conducted a survey of 1,076 adults across the country. Respondents were asked if coronavirus infection was deterministic or depends on luck, and the [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of people who are infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) through same-sex sexual contact is gradually increasing in South Korea. Among those who were infected with HIV or AIDS last year through sexual contact, more than half of them were infected through [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to further enhance its steps aimed at preventing the spread of the new coronavirus, especially at those facilities considered high risk, the country’s health minister said Sunday, despite a steady decline in the number of new infection cases. As of Sunday, the country had confirmed 27 [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean health authorities said Monday they will lift quarantine measures for patients who retested positive for the new coronavirus, as they did not find any evidence that such cases pose the risk of infecting others. Coronavirus relapse cases have been a headache for public health authorities here in [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite a recent spike in novel coronavirus infections involving teachers and students, the education ministry said Thursday it will forge ahead with its plan to reopen schools. The opening has already been delayed several times, and Vice Education Minister Park Baeg-beom said in a briefing that the ministry “was [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The infection rate of the new coronavirus in closed environments is exceptionally high, data showed Wednesday, in an indication that virus infection may be prevented by avoiding contact in such spaces. As of Monday, 97 people working at a call center in Seoul had been diagnosed with the respiratory [...]