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People wait to get tested for Covid-19 at a public health center in Mapo District, western Seoul, on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

Covid cases rise as a seventh wave rears

Korea is confronting an alarming surge in Covid-19 cases that some experts worry could be a fresh wave of infections.

2022.11.2

'A twindemic of the flu and Covid would be disastrous'

On Tuesday, the Korean government started to administer an improved Covid-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant. Moderna’s bivalent vaccine is 69 percent more effective against the BA.5 subvariant of the Omicron strain.

2022.10.13

Seasonal flu shots begin and for many they are free

Korea began administering free seasonal flu shots to high-risk groups Wednesday amid growing worries over a potential double epidemic of Covid-19 and the flu.

2022.9.21

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

A nurse at the Seongnam Citizens Medical Center monitors Covid-19 patients inside the hospital's negative pressure ward on Monday. [YONHAP]

Covid infections on the wane, but critical numbers rise

Critically ill Covid patients continued to climb even as new infections fell below 50,000, health authorities said Monday.

2022.8.1

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

Travelers get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center at Incheon International Airport on Thursday.[NEWS1]

Second case of Centaurus variant detected in Korea

Korea confirmed its second case of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 — nicknamed Centaurus — which is known to be more resistant to immunity than its predecessors.

2022.7.21

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.07.20

The government plans to warn beachgoers about the density of people on beaches to help prevent the spread of the new BA.5 Omicron variant.

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.