Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Covid cases rise as a seventh wave rears

Korea is confronting an alarming surge in Covid-19 cases that some experts worry could be a fresh wave of infections.

2022-11-02

'A twindemic of the flu and Covid would be disastrous'

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.

2022-10-13

Koreans rush to return to Japan as borders are opened

Japan throws open its borders to individual tourists Tuesday, and Koreans are rushing to book tickets.

2022-10-10

Seasonal flu shots begin and for many they are free

Korea began administering free seasonal flu shots to high-risk groups Wednesday amid growing worries over a potential double epidemic of Covid-19 and the flu.

2022-09-21

Cumulative Covid cases top 20 million in Korea

Korea surpassed 20 million total Covid cases on Wednesday, but health authorities said they're sticking to their focus on protecting vulnerable groups and not resuming restrictions on the general populace.

2022-08-03

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

Daily Covid cases fall below 80,000 while number of critical cases up

The total number of Covid-19 patients in critical condition in Korea hit a two-month high over the weekend even as newly confirmed daily Covid-19 cases fell below 80,000 for the first time in a week, health authorities said Sunday.

2022-07-31

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

[Today's Cartoon] 2022.07.20

The government plans to warn beachgoers about the density of people on beaches to help prevent the spread of the new BA.5 Omicron variant.

2022-07-19