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January 20, 2020
Gangnam-gu, South Korea
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Daily Covid-19 cases rebounded to over 400 as the government prepared to announce a new set of social distancing measures later this week.
The first shipment of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccines rolled out Wednesday ahead of a free nationwide inoculation program that starts Friday, which the prime minister described as a “step toward returning to daily life.”
A Korean panel of experts recommended the use of Pfizer’s vaccine in individuals over 16, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said Tuesday, ahead of the country’s Covid-19 inoculation program set to kick off Friday.
Travel agencies say it's time to move on from Covid-19.
Korea will begin administering 117,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine for frontline Covid-19 medical workers starting next Saturday, announced Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Sunday.
Unable to travel due to the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, young Koreans have found a new way to fill their time and spend their money: Golf.
At least five clusters of Covid-19 infections were confirmed from Lunar New Year gatherings as daily cases remained in the 600s for a second consecutive day.
A large cluster of infections emerged at a plastic factory in the Jingwan General Industrial Complex in Namyangju, Gyeonggi, linked with 115 Covid-19 cases as of Wednesday.
New Covid-19 cases surged back to over 400 Tuesday after the Lunar New Year holiday, with areas outside greater Seoul also seeing infections back in the triple digits for the first time in nearly a fortnight.
Asiana Airlines continued to report losses last year as revenue shrunk 40 percent.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap
