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COVID-19 cases over 500 for 2nd day

With South Korea's annual national college entrance exam slated on Dec. 3, the country's health inspectors on Nov. 26 disinfect a classroom in Daegu, one of the places where the exam will be held, to prevent spread of COVID-19. Yonhap The daily number of novel coronavirus cases in South Korea exceeded 500 for the second straight day Friday as health authorities grapple with sporadic cluster infections across the country amid the third wave of the pandemic. The country added 569 more COVID-19 cases, including 525 local infections, raising the total caseload to 32,887, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).It marks the first time the country's daily virus cases exceeded 500 for the second straight day since the first wave of infections in late February when a massive outbreak swept through Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province.The daily caseload has stayed in the triple digits since Nov. 8, with the figure above 300 since Nov. 18, except for Monday. The latest figure is slightly down from 583 cases Thursday when the daily tally spiked to over an eight-month

Nov 27, 2020
COVID-19 cases over 500 for 2nd day
  • Calls growing for stronger virus curbs
  • Hike in COVID-19 cases may paralyze response system
  • Military bans troops from vacationing, off-base trips over virus
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Family, friends of Taiwanese DUI victim call for stronger punishment

A petition calling for severe punishment of a driver responsible for a DUI accident which resulted in the death of a Taiwanese student here has gathered more than 138,000 signatures as of noon, Thursday. / Screen capture from Cheong Wa Dae's official websiteBy Bahk Eun-jiAn online petition has been posted on the Cheong Wa Dae website on behalf of a Taiwanese couple whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver here, calling for tougher punishment for drunk driving.According to the Central News Agency Taiwan, Elain Tseng, a 28-year-old Ph.D. student at Torch Trinity Graduate University in Seoul, was hit by a drunk driver's car on Nov. 6 while crossing the street on her way home after meeting her professor.Tseng's father, a doctor at Chia-Yi Hospital in Taiwan who came to Korea upon hearing of his daughter's death, said he learned his only daughter had died after being struck by a drunk driver who had ignored a traffic signal.“This selfish criminal has taken away our daughter's life. We can no longer hear her beautiful voice,” the father was quoted as saying by Taiwanese medi

Nov 26, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Family, friends of Taiwanese DUI victim call for stronger punishment

Medical groups clash over insurance coverage of herbal medicine

Members of the Korea Medical Association (KMA) speak during a press conference at the KMA building in Seoul, Nov. 23. They demanded the government withdraw the pilot program to provide national health insurance coverage for some herbal medicine treatments. YonhapBy Lee Hyo-jinA pilot program rolled out by the government to include several types of herbal medicine in treatments covered by national health insurance was welcomed by practitioners of traditional Korean medicine. It, however, immediately provoked backlash from Western medical doctors.As the government has plans to expand the coverage for more herbal medicine in the future following the progress of the trial program, the mixed reactions of the two medical groups may deepen into another dispute. Under the pilot program, which started on Nov. 20, patients at traditional Korean medicine clinics who are prescribed treatments for menstrual pain, facial paralysis, or the aftereffects of cerebrovascular diseases, pay only half of the fee for the herbal medicine, as the rest is covered by state insurance. The three-year test run is

Nov 26, 2020By Lee Hyo-jin
Medical groups clash over insurance coverage of herbal medicine

Hike in COVID-19 cases may paralyze response system

A bus to carry COVID-19 patients stands by in front of the boot camp of the Army's 5th Infantry Division in Yeoncheon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday, as nearly 70 infections were reported there.COVID-19 cases exceed 500 for 1st time since MarchBy Jun Ji-hyeConcerns are growing that the country's response system for controlling COVID-19 infections and treating virus patients is reaching its limits amid an explosive increase in new daily cases as the nation fights a third round of the pandemic.Experts said Thursday that the speed of virus transmission appears to have accelerated beyond that of the epidemiological investigations and antivirus measures being conducted by the health authorities. This has resulted in a continuous rise in new daily cases from the 100 range to the 300 range and eventually to the 500 range in recent weeks. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), the nation added 583 infections including 553 locally transmitted cases for Wednesday, raising the total caseload to 32,318. This was a sharp rise from 382 identified the day before.The numb

Nov 26, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Hike in COVID-19 cases may paralyze response system
  • Military to ban all troops from vacationing, off-installation trips over virus fears
  • Calls growing for stronger virus curbs
  • COVID-19 cases over 500 for 2nd day

Calls growing for stronger virus curbs

A banner emphasizing an enhanced social distancing campaign is displayed on the wall of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. APA new coronavirus flare-up in South Korea is creating a sense of crisis that the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic has yet to come in the winter season, given the faster-than-expected spread of the virus and continued sporadic infections across the nation, and calls are growing over the implementation of further enhanced virus curbs.The number of new cases spiked to 583 on Thursday, the highest in over eight months, raising the total caseload to 32,318, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). Among them, 553 were local infections, and 402 were reported in the Seoul metropolitan area, home to nearly half of the nation's 51.6 million population. The latest uptick was comparable to a massive outbreak in the southeastern city of Daegu in February and above the peak in the second wave of infections in Seoul in late August.Health authorities are repeating their pleas for people to sacrifice their year-end meetings and stay h

Nov 26, 2020
Calls growing for stronger virus curbs
  • New virus cases soar to over 8-month high of 583
  • Hike in COVID-19 cases may paralyze response system
  • COVID-19 cases over 500 for 2nd day

'Infodemic' risks jeopardizing virus vaccines

A woman holds a small bottle labeled with a "Coronavirus COVID-19 Vaccine" sticker and a medical syringe in this illustration taken on Oct. 30, 2020. ReutersAs early as February, with the global pandemic spreading fast, the World Health Organization issued a warning about an "infodemic", a wave of fake news and misinformation about the deadly new disease on social media.Now with hopes hanging on Covid-19 vaccines, the WHO and experts are warning those same phenomena may jeopardise roll-out of immunisation programmes meant to bring an end to the suffering."The coronavirus disease is the first pandemic in history in which technology and social media are being used on a massive scale to keep people safe, informed, productive and connected," the WHO said."At the same time, the technology we rely on to keep connected and informed is enabling and amplifying an infodemic that continues to undermine the global response and jeopardises measures to control the pandemic."More than 1.4 million people have died since the pandemic emerged in China late last year, but three developers are already a

Nov 26, 2020
'Infodemic' risks jeopardizing virus vaccines

New virus cases soar to over 8-month high of 583

People wearing face masks walk under a banner emphasizing an enhanced social distancing campaign in front of Seoul City Hall in Seoul, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. APThe daily number of novel coronavirus cases in South Korea surpassed 500 for the first time in over eight months on Thursday due to sporadic cluster infections across the country as health authorities strive to curb a third wave of infections. The country added 583 more COVID-19 cases, including 553 local infections, raising the total caseload to 32,318, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).It marks the first time that the country's daily virus cases exceeded 500 since March 6, when the figure reached 518 due to a massive outbreak in the southeastern city of Daegu. It is also above the peak in the country's second wave of virus infections on Aug. 27, when 441 cases were confirmed in a single day. The daily caseload has stayed in the triple digits since Nov. 8, with the figure over 300 from Nov. 18-22. It dropped to 271 on Monday but bounced back to 349 cases Tuesday and 382 cases Wednesday. He

Nov 26, 2020
New virus cases soar to over 8-month high of 583
  • Military to ban all troops from vacationing, off-installation trips over virus fears
  • Calls growing for stronger virus curbs

Domestic violence increases amid pandemic

By Bahk Eun-jiCases of domestic violence are on the increase amid the COVID-19 pandemic as many people are forced to spend more time at home, according to women's groups and help call centers, Wednesday.According to the 1366 Women's Emergency Call Center, 57.3 percent of calls it received for counseling from January to September were regarding domestic violence.Civic activists call on the government to map out measures against domestic violence during a press conference in downtown Seoul in this Oct. 29, 2018 photo. YonhapOther data released by the Korea Women's Hot Line also showed the proportion of domestic violence cases among all provided counseling services increased from 26 percent in January ― before the coronavirus situation became serious here ― to 40 percent in March when the country began to see hundreds of new infections daily.Experts say the increase has come as family members are working from home and attending online classes more than before the pandemic thus increasing family contact time in the home. But they say it has become more difficult for them to actively help

Nov 25, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Domestic violence increases amid pandemic

Legal experts discuss legislative efforts on COVID-19 responses

Minister of Government Legislation Lee Kang-seop, fifth from right, poses during the Asian Legislative Experts Symposium hosted by the ministry at the Millennium Hilton Seoul, Wednesday, together with other participants attending the event both online and offline. / Courtesy of Ministry of Government LegislationBy Jun Ji-hyeLegal experts from Korea and other Asian countries discussed legislative measures, Wednesday, to cope with the global public health crisis amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian Legislative Experts Symposium (ALES), hosted by the Ministry of Government Legislation, was held in Seoul under the theme of “Legislation on Infectious Diseases and Cooperative Measures of Asian Countries in the post-COVID-19 era.”This year's event took place both online and offline with a limited number of in-person participants, considering the difficulties of inviting speakers from abroad amid the prolonged pandemic. The ministry has been hosting the event every year since 2013 in an effort to promote the co-prosperity of Asian countries.“Legislation underpins the effec

Nov 25, 2020
Legal experts discuss legislative efforts on COVID-19 responses

Russian virus vaccine to cost less than $10 per dose abroad

This file photo taken on Sept. 10, 2020, shows a vial of Russia's new coronavirus vaccine in a post-registration trials in Moscow. Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is 95 percent effective according to a second interim analysis of clinical trial data. AFPRussia released new results Tuesday claiming its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective, and promised it would cost less on international markets than vaccines by some of its Western competitors.According to the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which bankrolled the development of the jab, Sputnik V will cost less than $10 per dose _ or less than $20 for the two doses needed to vaccinate one person _ on international markets. The vaccination will be free for Russians, the Fund said. The two-shot jab, the fund promised in a statement, will be ``two or more times cheaper'' than those by Pfizer or Moderna, which cost about $20 and $15-25 per dose respectively, based on agreements the companies have struck to supply their vaccines to the U.S. government. Kirill Dmitriev, head of the fund, told reporters Tuesday that over 1

Nov 25, 2020
Russian virus vaccine to cost less than $10 per dose abroad
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