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Virus cases expected to peak after Chuseok holidays

The government predicted that Korea’s Covid-19 cases will hit a peak after the Chuseok harvest holidays in mid-September, as cases hover around 2,000 despite the stricter distancing measures implemented for over a month.

2021-08-25

Covid cases hit record 2,223, holiday travel discouraged

Korea’s daily Covid-19 cases soared past 2,200 for the first time since the pandemic began, and health authorities warned the worst is yet to come — telling people not to go on summer holiday.

2021-08-11

Fully armored

Migrant workers from Indonesia, wearing full protective gear, enter the arrival gate at Incheon International Airport on Thursday in spite of the exponentially spreading Covid-19 Delta variants.

2021-08-05

Buy more vaccines

Since two Koreans have been infected with the Delta Plus variant of the coronavirus, “breakthrough” infections are becoming the new worry for the country. Breakthrough infections refer to cases of a fully vaccinated person...

2021-08-03

Two vaccinated Koreans catch new Delta Plus variant

Korea confirmed its first two cases of the Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 on Tuesday — and both patients were fully vaccinated with the AstraZeneca vaccine.

2021-08-03

Delta variant could be most cases this week

The Delta variant could account for more than half of new Covid-19 infections this week in Korea, health authorities warned Monday.

2021-07-26

Daily Covid infections hit a record 1,784

Korea reported a new record number of daily Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, despite the capital area being under the strongest level of social distancing measures for over a week.

2021-07-21

Job numbers weren't bad in June, before fourth wave

Total employment grew in June, more evidence of a recovery from the earlier phase of the Covid-19 pandemic. For the first time in more than five years, the number of people in their 40s with jobs increased compared to the previous year.

2021-07-14

Fourth wave keeps growing as Delta variants multiply

Korea's fourth wave of Covid infections could become a tsunami as the number of Delta variants among newly infected patients more than doubled in a week.

2021-07-13

Sales set to soar

A store employee stacks Covid-19 self testing kits at a 7-Eleven store in central Seoul on Wednesday. The number of people confirmed to have contracted Covid-19 reached the second-highest daily figure on Tuesday.

2021-07-07

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