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Korea JoongAng Daily

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.

2022-08-02

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.

2022-08-01

BA.2.75 makes its first known local transmission

Korea on Monday confirmed its first locally-transmitted case of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75, nicknamed Centaurus, the most contagious version yet.

2022-07-25

Fourth case of BA.2.75 Covid-19 variant confirmed in Korea

A fourth confirmed case of the BA.2.75 variant, known as Centaurus, was found in Korea Monday. The Centaurus variant is known to be more resistant to immunity than its predecessors.

2022-07-25

Korea reports third case of Centaurus Covid variant

Another confirmed case of Centaurus, the BA.2.75 variant of Covid-19 which is known to be more resistant to immunity than its predecessors, was confirmed in Korea Friday. This brings the country's total to three.

2022-07-22

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.

2022-07-21

Second case of Centaurus variant confirmed in Korea

A second case of the BA.2.75 variant of Covid-19, dubbed Centaurus, was confirmed in Korea Thursday. “An additional patient infected with the BA.2.75 variant was confirmed today,” an official of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures...

2022-07-21

Korea detects first case of Centaurus Covid subvariant

The first confirmed case of the BA.2.75 variant of Covid-19, dubbed Centaurus, was confirmed in Korea on Thursday. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the Centaurus variant was confirmed in a sample analysis of a man...

2022-07-14