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Paramedics bring a Covid-19 patient into a hospital in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul on Wednesday afternoon. [NEWS1]

Cumulative Covid cases top 20 million in Korea

Korea surpassed 20 million total Covid cases on Wednesday, but health authorities said they're sticking to their focus on protecting vulnerable groups and not resuming restrictions on the general populace.

2022.8.3

People wait to be tested at a Covid-19 testing center at the Songpa District Public Medical Center in southern Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Sixth wave of Covid-19 gathers strength again

Newly confirmed Covid cases jumped to a three-month high on Tuesday, reversing a decline since last week.

2022.8.2

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Umbrellas in hand, people line up in front of a Covid-19 testing center in front of Seoul Station in Jung District, central Seoul on Sunday afternoon. [NEWS1]

Daily Covid cases fall below 80,000 while number of critical cases up

The total number of Covid-19 patients in critical condition in Korea hit a two-month high over the weekend even as newly confirmed daily Covid-19 cases fell below 80,000 for the first time in a week, health authorities said Sunday.

2022.7.31

Jung Jae-hun, a professor of preventive medicine at Gachon University, speaks at a press briefing on Covid-19 at the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) on Thursday. [YONHAP

Sixth Covid wave is peaking earlier than expected

New Covid-19 infections in Korea appear to be increasing at a slower rate than in previous weeks, medical experts said Thursday, with a peak to the sixth wave expected in one to two weeks.

2022.7.28

Medical workers move a Covid-19 patient at Hyemin Hospital in Gwangjin District, eastern Seoul, on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Thanks to BA.5 variant, new infections near 100,000

Korea’s daily Covid-19 cases soared to nearly 100,000 on Tuesday as the country enters its first wave of the pandemic without any major restrictions.

2022.7.26

Workers put up a notice of a suspension of face-to-face meetings at a nursing home in Gwangju on Wednesday amid the resurgence of Covid-19. [YONHAP]

Nursing home visits stopped as virus wave grows

Bracing for a surge of up to 300,000 new Covid-19 cases a day, health authorities on Wednesday announced additional containment measures such as new testing centers and reimposing a ban on face-to-face meetings with patients in nursing homes.

2022.7.20

Lee Ki-il, the second vice minister of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, makes remarks during a meeting of Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters held at the Sejong Government Complex Wednesday. [NEWS1]

Korean government announces new measures against Covid-19

With the spread of the BA.5 variant of Covid-19 progressing faster than expected, the Korean government Wednesday announced additional measures against the outbreak. “The number of confirmed cases is expected to peak at 300,000,” said Lee Ki-il...

2022.7.20

Medical workers help people line up for virus tests at a screening center in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Tuesday. [NEWS1]

Next wave of pandemic may have two peaks

New Covid-19 cases doubled again Tuesday compared to a week earlier, topping 70,000.

2022.7.19

SK bioscience CEO Ahn Jae-yong, right, and John Herrmann, chief legal officer of Novavax, sign a licensing deal for the manufacture of the U.S. company's Covid-19 vaccine. [SK BIOSCIENCE]

SK bioscience signs deal to make Novavax's new vaccine

SK bioscience signed a licensing deal with Novavax to be one of the manufacturers of the U.S. pharmaceutical company’s Covid-19 vaccine targeting Omicron variants.

2022.7.19

A pharmacist displays a case of Paxlovid, Covid-19 treatment pills developed by Pfizer Inc., at a drugstore in Seoul on Wednesday. [NEWS1]

[THINK ENGLISH] 코로나 새 변이 확산하지만 “거리두기 조치 시행 안한다”

Reacting to a possible sixth wave of the pandemic, Korea will offer fourth doses of Covid-19 vaccine to more people but not return to social distancing measures — at least yet. The Central Disease Control Headquarters announced a new set of health...

2022.7.19

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Cumulative Covid cases top 20 million in Korea

Sixth wave of Covid-19 gathers strength again

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Daily Covid cases fall below 80,000 while number of critical cases up

Sixth Covid wave is peaking earlier than expected

Thanks to BA.5 variant, new infections near 100,000

Nursing home visits stopped as virus wave grows

Korean government announces new measures against Covid-19

Next wave of pandemic may have two peaks

SK bioscience signs deal to make Novavax's new vaccine

[THINK ENGLISH] 코로나 새 변이 확산하지만 “거리두기 조치 시행 안한다”