Korea reported 87,596 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday, slightly down from the 88,172 new cases recorded the same day last week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Korea reported 75,744 new Covid-19 cases Thursday, the highest in 100 days, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
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.
Over 100 Covid patients died on Wednesday alone, the highest in four months.
Seoul officials Monday vowed to operate more mortuaries as local crematoria struggle to keep up with the rising Covid-19 death toll.
President Moon Jae-in’s “With Corona” policy is in serious trouble after the number of daily cases exceeded 7,000 for the first time since the outbreak the virus in February last year — just a week after it hit a record 5,352 on Dec. 4...
Eunice Cho was accepted to the University of Southern California two years ago, but she has barely been able to enjoy campus life. Over the past 16 months, she’s been taking all her courses online — at her home in Korea...
The second stage of the so-called “With Corona” policy of three-phase normalization, scheduled for mid-December, was put off for four weeks due to the arrival of a powerful variant called Omicron. The special four-week quarantine...
Korea will add a six-month expiration date to its Covid-19 vaccine passes and speed up the administration of booster shots for people between the ages of 18 and 49.
After a surge in demand for late-night taxis following the gradual return to normalcy, the city of Seoul will temporarily lift night-time operation restrictions for privately-owned taxis starting Tuesday.
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