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New virus cases under 200 for 12th day

Imperial guards wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus move the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2020. APSouth Korea's new virus cases stayed below 200 for the 12th straight day Monday, but health authorities remain on alert over continued cluster infections across the nation and untraceable cases.The country began eased virus curbs in the greater Seoul area for the next two weeks, allowing eateries, franchise coffee chains and other facilities to operate normally under stricter quarantine measures.The country added 109 more COVID-19 cases, including 98 local infections, raising the total caseload to 22,285, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).It marked a fall from 121 new cases reported Sunday. The number of local infections also remained in double digits for the second consecutive day.But the fall in daily virus cases also came as virus tests tend to be fewer over the weekend than weekdays.After the country kept new virus cases under 100 for months, it has seen daily infections remain in triple digits sin

Sep 14, 2020
New virus cases under 200 for 12th day
  • 1 out of 1,440 people tests positive for coronavirus antibodies in Korea

Senior medical students to pause collective action protesting government policy

Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute's main building in Jayang-dong area in Seoul's Gwangjin-gu District. YonhapSenior medical students boycotting the state licensing exam said Sunday they will put on hold their collective action taken in protest of the government's medical workforce reform plan.Medical students in the fourth year have refused to take the exam and junior students have taken a leave of absence in protest of the government's plan to increase admission quotas at medical schools.As trainee doctors returned to work last week after weeks of a strike over the government's policy, the medical students' collective action has served as a lingering source of tensions between the government and the medical sector.Doctors and the government have been at odds over whether to give medical students another opportunity to take the licensing exam. Doctors insisted students should be allowed to take the test even if they did not register before the deadline, while the government has rejected such a step.Representatives of senior medical students said they will halt th

Sep 13, 2020
Senior medical students to pause collective action protesting government policy

Korea to ease social distancing in greater Seoul area for 2 weeks

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun speaks during a meeting on the COVID-19 response at the government complex in Seoul, Sunday. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiThe government decided to ease the tougher social distancing requirements in the greater Seoul area for the next two weeks as the country's virus situation showed signs of abating, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Sunday.“We have kept an eye on the virus situation over the last week. Although sporadic infection clusters and untraceable cases continued to put health authorities on alert, the government judged that the stricter quarantine measures are generating results,” the prime minister said in a regular government COVID-19 response meeting. “We truly appreciate the public's efforts to comply with the rules and their patience.”Under the new decision, the social distancing scheme will be relaxed to Level 2.0 from Level 2.5. Under level 2.0, most daily routines are allowed but outdoor gatherings of more than 100 people and indoor meetings of over 50 are prohibited.However, Chung said the eased rules will only stay two

Sep 13, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Korea to ease social distancing in greater Seoul area for 2 weeks
  • Where are we with COVID-19 vaccine development?

Visiting ancestral graves amid pandemic

Family members bow to their ancestral graves at a memorial park in Incheon, west of Seoul, Sunday, ahead of the traditional Chuseok holiday, which falls on Oct. 1 this year. The Incheon city government designated Sept. 12-29 as a period to pay visits to ancestral graves, instead of closing the memorial park during the extended five-day holiday, which begins Sept. 30, as a precautionary measure against COVID-19. Yonhap

Sep 13, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Visiting ancestral graves amid pandemic

New virus cases under 200 for 11th day

One of the shops at Malbawoo street market in Gwangju's Buk-gu District displays a sign issued by an association of the market vendors that reads “Tested Negative for COVID-19” on Sept. 12. YonhapSouth Korea's new virus cases stayed below 200 for the 11th consecutive day Sunday, but sporadic cluster infections and untraceable cases continued to put health authorities on alert.Later in the day, the country will decide whether to extend stricter antivirus curbs in the greater Seoul area by another week amid expectations that it may ease some restrictions on eateries and franchise coffee shops.The country added 121 more COVID-19 cases, including 99 local infections, raising the total caseload to 22,176, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).It marked a fall from the 176 and the 136 new cases reported Friday and Saturday, respectively. The number of local infections also declined below 100 for the first time in a month.After the country kept new virus cases under 100 for months, it has seen daily infections grow by triple-digit figures since Aug.

Sep 13, 2020
New virus cases under 200 for 11th day

Where are we with COVID-19 vaccine development?

A staff member places a coronavirus vaccine candidate from Sinovac Biotech at its booth for display during the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services, following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China Sept.5. Reuters-YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiThe global competition to develop a COVID-19 vaccine has been intensifying as it is considered to be the only fundamental solution to ending the pandemic. As some research institutes and multinational pharmaceutical and bio companies have recently entered Phase 3 clinical trials, expectations for the possibility of an early supply are also growing.According to the Coronavirus Vaccine Tracker of the New York Times, Modena, Pfizer in the United States; AstraZeneca and Oxford University in the United Kingdom; BioNTech in Germany; CanSino Biologics, Sinovac Biotech, Wuhan Institute of Biological Products, and Sinopharm Group in China; Gamaleya Research Institute in Russia; and Murdoch Children's Research Center in Australia are in the third phase of clinical trials.Among them, AstraZeneca said Sept. 9 that it had paused global trials, includ

Sep 13, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Where are we with COVID-19 vaccine development?
  • Korea to ease social distancing in greater Seoul area for 2 weeks

54 people contract COVID-19 from Daejeon's health care product event

Daejeon's latest cluster infection began Aug. 25, when a Seoul resident infected with COVID-19 hosted the forum on health care goods at a building in the In-dong district in the city's Dong Ward. YonhapThe authorities announced Saturday that a chain of COVID-19 transmissions originating from a healthcare product business forum has infected 54 people in Daejeon, a city about 150 kilometers south of Seoul.This latest cluster infection in the city began Aug. 25, when a Seoul resident infected with COVID-19 hosted the forum at a building in the In-dong in the city's Dong District.A woman in her 50s, codenamed Daejeon Patient 293, contracted the coronavirus from the Seoul resident and has since spread infected 28 other people, including family members and acquaintances, according to the municipal health authorities.Soon after the forum, the woman, a resident of Gayang-dong, also in the Dong District, met with a number of family members and acquaintances, infecting six of them.One of the infected acquaintances, identified only as a man in his 60s, visited a restaurant in Gayang-dong later,

Sep 12, 2020
54 people contract COVID-19 from Daejeon's health care product event
  • New virus cases under 200 for 10th day, extension of tougher virus curbs again under review

New virus cases under 200 for 10th day, extension of tougher virus curbs again under review

South Korea's new COVID-19 infections stayed below 200 for the 10th day in a row Saturday, but the health authorities remain concerned about sporadic infection clusters and untraceable cases. YonhapSouth Korea reported less than 200 new COVID-19 infections for Friday, for the 10th day in a row, but the health authorities remain concerned about sporadic infection clusters and untraceable cases. Over the weekend, they plan to determine whether to further extend stricter social distancing measures in the greater Seoul area for another week. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said it had found 136 more COVID-19 cases, including 118 local infections, bringing the total caseload up to 22,055The agency, an upgraded successor to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was officially launched Saturday as a means to elevate the country's capacity to contain infectious diseases, such as the coronavirus.The tally marked a solid drop from the 176 and 155 cases reported Friday and Thursday, respectively.New virus cases here have been in triple digits since Aug. 14

Sep 12, 2020
New virus cases under 200 for 10th day, extension of tougher virus curbs again under review
  • 54 people contract COVID-19 from Daejeon's health care product event

Chief of new disease control agency appointed in special ceremony

President Moon Jae-in and Jeong Eun-kyeong, the first head of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), bow to each other after the former presented the latter with a certificate of appointment during a ceremony at the emergency situation room of the agency in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has been upgraded to the KDCA and Jeong, who was the chief of the KCDC, was appointed to lead the new body. YonhapPresident Moon Jae-in attended a rare ceremony outside Cheong Wa Dae to appoint Jeong Eun-kyeong, South Korea's disease control czar, as head of a new agency to operate autonomously with more authority and workforce.Jeong, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), has been tapped to lead the upgraded state body, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA), which will be launched Saturday to replace the KCDC.Moon made a visit to the KCDC headquarters in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, some 130 kilometers south of Seoul, to present her with a certificat

Sep 11, 2020
Chief of new disease control agency appointed in special ceremony

Will gov't extend Level 2.5 distancing rules in capital area?

An alley in Myeong-dong, a popular tourist district in central Seoul, is quiet as social distancing restrictions have been implemented following a second wave of COVID-19 infections. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeGovernment officials are agonizing over whether to extend tougher social distancing guidelines for Seoul and surrounding areas as the number of daily new COVID-19 cases remains in the triple digits, according to the officials Friday. It is not an easy decision for the government because difficulties in economic conditions have been worsening especially for the self-employed, small business owners and other low-income groups.The government aimed to reduce daily new cases to below 100 when raising its social distancing restrictions to Level 2.5 in the Seoul metropolitan area, Aug. 31. But the nation's daily count of new virus cases has been between 100 and 200 for more than a week after the figure hit its peak at 441 on July 26.According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the country added 176 more COVID-19 cases, including 161 locally transmitted infections, for

Sep 11, 2020
Will gov't extend Level 2.5 distancing rules in capital area?
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