SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines are beefing up preventive measures to minimize any fallout from the fast-spreading coronavirus on their businesses this year, industry sources said Wednesday. The new coronavirus virus first appeared in the central Chinese city of Wuhan last month, and has sickened thousands and killed more than 100 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it will foot the bill for fighting the Wuhan coronavirus in the country and treating infected patients. Under the rules on countermeasures for new infectious diseases, the state will pay for all expenses related to the screening of suspected cases and treatment of those infected, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul education office on Tuesday advised schools in the capital to extend their winter vacation as part of efforts to curb the fatal new coronavirus from further spreading. A letter containing the non-binding advisory was sent to kindergartens, elementary, middle and high schools across the capital, according to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s tourism industry is expected to take the hardest hit among local businesses here from the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus as citizens cancel their overseas trips, while incoming tourists from China are set to decline sharply, industry sources said Tuesday. More than 100 people have been killed [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite enhanced quarantine efforts, concerns are rising here that the Wuhan coronavirus may spread across the country as some patients confirmed to be infected with the virus have not been adequately screened at airports and have been in contact with citizens here. According to the Korea Centers for Disease [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has issued guidelines on the prevention of an outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus amid deepening concerns over the spread of the pneumonia-like illness following four confirmed cases reported in South Korea. The deadly virus appears to have put the U.S. military on alert, particularly as [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea was on extreme alert on Monday as additional confirmed cases of the Wuhan coronavirus case were detected here amid mounting concerns the pneumonia-like illness may spread across the country despite stepped-up quarantine inspections. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), a 55-year-old South [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Airlines in South Korea have decided to waive cancellation fees on flights to China as a growing number of passengers have been canceling trips amid concerns over the new type of coronavirus. Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Monday it will not charge cancellation fees [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s travel industry is bracing for fallout from the spread of the Wuhan coronavirus, with China-bound trip cancellations reaching up to 20 percent, industry sources said Wednesday. Leading e-commerce firm Interpark Corp. said reservations for overseas trips in the January-March period were down sharply, with a double-digit drop [...]
SEOUL/BEIJING, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Monday reported the first confirmed case of the China coronavirus amid concerns that a pneumonia-like illness is set to spread across China and Asia. A Chinese woman who arrived at Incheon International Airport on China Southern Airlines flight CZ6079 at 12:11 p.m. Sunday has tested positive [...]