An official from the School Safety and Insurance Federation conducted a sterilization procedure to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus on Tuesday at Daegu Gangrim Elementary School in Dalseong County, Daegu.
Five Russian university students have arrived in North Korea for a language program, marking Russian students' first entry to Pyongyang after a four-year hiatus since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang said.
The current wave of Covid-19 is manageable and a seasonal "process" toward reaching the endemic stage, the chief of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Wednesday, assuring people that health authorities can contain the virus.
The rapid spread of Covid-19 in Korea could peak in late August, coinciding with the end of summer vacations, health authorities warned on Tuesday.
Although mask mandates were lifted in May in Korea, health authorities have recommended wearing face masks following the recent steep surge in the number of Covid-19 hospital admissions.
Korea saw a nearly sixfold increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations over the past month, health authorities said Friday.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported that Covid-19 cases jumped from 63 through June to 465 through July.
Children’s Day, once the happiest day for Koreans, lost its shine, dropping to No. 146 in the ranking for happy days last year, far from its No. 1 position in 2018.
Visitors and staffers at hospitals and other medical facilities will not be required to wear face masks starting Wednesday as most remaining Covid-19 restrictions were lifted.
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