SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases stayed above 240,000 for the third consecutive day Sunday amid the fast spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant. The country reported 243,628 new COVID-19 infections, including 243,540 local cases, raising the total caseload to 4,456,264, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases stayed above 250,000 for the second consecutive day Saturday, and the daily death count reached another high amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. The country reported 254,327 new COVID-19 infections, including 254,250 local cases, raising the total caseload to 4,212,652, according to [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases exceeded 260,000 for the first time Friday as the highly transmissible omicron variant rages across the country. The country reported 266,853 new coronavirus infections, including 266,771 local cases, raising the total caseload to 3,691,488 according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea reported more than 240,000 new coronavirus cases for the first time as the highly transmissible omicron variant rages across the nation, health officials said Thursday. As of 9 p.m., the country had reported 244,889 new COVID-19 cases, up 58,720 from the same time the previous day, according [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily coronavirus cases surpassed 200,000 for the first time Wednesday as the highly transmissible omicron variant continues its frenetic spread across the nation. The surge came after the government temporarily suspended the enforcement of the vaccine pass system Tuesday, citing the lack of staff handling the pandemic. [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday surpassed the grim milestone of 200,000 for the first time amid the fast spread of the omicron variant. According to health authorities and local governments, a total of 204,960 cases had been confirmed nationwide as of 9 p.m., up 71,043 from the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases stayed below 170,000 for the third straight day Sunday, but critical cases from the virus continued to rise at a fast pace amid the spread of the highly contagious omicron variant. The country reported 163,566 new coronavirus infections, including 163,414 local cases, raising the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases fell below 170,000 on Friday, but critical cases and deaths from the virus rose at a fast pace amid the continued spread of the highly contagious omicron variant. The country reported 165,890 new COVID-19 infections, including 165,749 local cases, raising the total caseload to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s daily COVID-19 cases stayed above 170,000 for the second consecutive day Thursday amid the fast spread of the highly contagious omicron variant across the country. The country reported 170,016 new COVID-19 infections, including 169,846 local cases, raising the total caseload to 2,499,188, according to the Korea Disease [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean pharmaceutical giant Celltrion Inc. on Thursday anticipated its antibody treatment against COVID-19 under development would show efficacy against the omicron variant. Celltrion said that CT-P63 has maintained strong neutralizing ability against the omicron variant during pseudo-virus testing. The candidate treatment is currently under clinical trials. The announcement [...]