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Adagio Therapeutics Reports Reduction in In Vitro Neutralizing Activity of ADG20 Against Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant

Adagio Therapeutics Reports Reduction in In Vitro Neutralizing Activity of ADG20 Against Omicron SARS-CoV-2 Variant

WALTHAM, Mass., Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Adagio Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: ADGI) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of antibody-based solutions for infectious diseases with pandemic potential, today provided an update following external in vitro analyses to evaluate neutralizing activity of ADG20 against the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant. The in vitro data generated through both [...]

Omicron Fears Grip Universities Due to Suspected Infections of Foreign Students

Omicron Fears Grip Universities Due to Suspected Infections of Foreign Students

SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Fears of omicron are spreading on several university campuses in Seoul, school officials said Monday, as some of their foreign students are suspected of having contracted the highly contagious COVID-19 variant. One foreign student each from Seoul National University (SNU), Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (HUFS) and Kyunghee University [...]

Inbound Travelers Upset by 10-day Mandatory Quarantine

Inbound Travelers Upset by 10-day Mandatory Quarantine

SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Travelers returning home Friday from short-term overseas trips were embarrassed to learn that they must self-isolate at home for 10 days under the government’s emergency quarantine rule announced only two days earlier to stem the spread of the omicron COVID-19 variant. The 10-day mandatory quarantine for all inbound travelers [...]

Gatherings Canceled, Remote Work Opted for Again over Omicron Variant Anxieties

Gatherings Canceled, Remote Work Opted for Again over Omicron Variant Anxieties

SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of people across Seoul have been choosing to cancel or put off year-end gatherings and opting to work from home amid a surge in new virus patients and the confirmation of the country’s first omicron variant cases, according to anecdotes Thursday. South Korea confirmed five omicron [...]

Omicron Woes Dash Growing Hopes for Overseas Travel

Omicron Woes Dash Growing Hopes for Overseas Travel

SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Fears over the omicron coronavirus variant are dashing hopes for the resumption of overseas travel, forcing many to cancel or postpone travel plans, including honeymoons, only a month after the country’s “living with COVID-19″ policy revived expectations for a return to normal. South Korea confirmed five omicron infections a [...]

S. Korea Brings Back Airport Screening, Quarantine Measures amid 1st Omicron Case Confirmations

S. Korea Brings Back Airport Screening, Quarantine Measures amid 1st Omicron Case Confirmations

SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided Wednesday to reimpose strict passenger screening at airports, mandatory quarantine and other measures to prevent the spread of the emerging omicron variant of COVID-19 after reporting the first such cases in the country. A married couple in their 40s, living in Incheon, west of Seoul, and [...]

Adagio Therapeutics Reports That None of the Mutations Present in SARS-CoV-2 Variant, Omicron, Are Associated with Escape from ADG20 Neutralization In Vitro

Adagio Therapeutics Reports That None of the Mutations Present in SARS-CoV-2 Variant, Omicron, Are Associated with Escape from ADG20 Neutralization In Vitro

WALTHAM, Mass., Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Adagio Therapeutics, Inc., (Nasdaq: ADGI) a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of antibody-based solutions for infectious diseases with pandemic potential, today provided information related to the potential of its lead SARS-CoV-2 antibody, ADG20, to address the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant, and other known variants [...]

Gov’t to Suspend Arrivals of Migrant Workers with Travel Records to Southern Africa

Gov’t to Suspend Arrivals of Migrant Workers with Travel Records to Southern Africa

SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to suspend arrivals of migrant workers with records of recent visits to southern African nations in order to block the inflow of the potentially more contagious omicron COVID-19 variant, officials said Monday. The labor ministry’s plan, which could affect the entry of manual workers from 16 [...]

S. Korea to Restrict Visa Issuance, Arrivals from 8 African Countries over New Virus Variant

S. Korea to Restrict Visa Issuance, Arrivals from 8 African Countries over New Virus Variant

SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Saturday that it will restrict visa issuance and arrivals from eight African nations, including South Africa, starting the next day to block the inflow of the new Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. It said South Africa and seven other nearby countries — Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, [...]