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S. Korea to secure COVID-19 vaccines via int'l cooperation, local development

South Korea is moving to secure a sufficient supply of coronavirus vaccines through close international cooperation and local development, the government said Friday.The move comes as countries around the world have been racing to find drugs that can combat the pandemic that has killed more than 796,000 around the world.Officials said the government will participate in international joint vaccine development projects and forge ties with leading global pharmaceutical companies in a move to get adequate quantities of vaccines.Initially, South Korea wants to secure vaccines that can be given to 20 million people -- nearly 40 percent of its 51 million population -- by participating in a global program known as the COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access Facility.The project aims to develop a vaccine and equitably give it to 20 percent of the world's population.South Korea also said it will support joint projects between South Korean biotech companies and multinational pharmaceuticals for the development of COVID-19 vaccines and treatment drugs.SK Bioscience has recently inked deals to work toget

Aug 21, 2020
S. Korea to secure COVID-19 vaccines via int'l cooperation, local development
  • S. Korea reports 324 new coronavirus cases

Doctors go on strike to protest medical reform plan

A doctor walks at a general hospital in Seoul, Friday. Thousands of trainee doctors at general hospitals began a strike Friday to protest the government's medical reform plan amid a surge in coronavirus infections. YonhapTrainee doctors working at the country's general hospitals began a strike Friday to protest the government's medical reform plan amid a surge in coronavirus infections.Their walkout is the third of its kind after many doctors boycotted attending patients on Aug. 7, followed by a one-day strike last Friday.Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun expressed regret over the strike."It's very regrettable that the doctors, who should protect the life of the people in the serious situation that COVID-19 is spreading again, have begun the collective action," he said during a daily government meeting on the coronavirus response.What the people want is national unity in the anti-virus fight, he added, requesting that they halt the strike and continue their medical service.The Korean Intern and Resident Association (KIRA) said the latest protest will take place with fourth-year residents

Aug 21, 2020
Doctors go on strike to protest medical reform plan
  • Why do doctors oppose raising medical student quota?

S. Korea reports 324 new coronavirus cases

- S. Korea reports 324 more cases of new coronavirus, total now at 16,670- 2 additional coronavirus death, death toll now at 309- 57 more patients released from coronavirus treatment, total now at 14,120South Korea's virus fight is reaching a critical phase as its daily new virus cases surpassed 300 for the first time since early March on Friday largely due to church-linked cluster infections in the wider capital area and other regions.Health authorities may consider further upping anti-virus measures to the highest level in order to regain its grip on the COVID-19 pandemic amid mounting concerns about nationwide outbreaks.The country added 324 more COVID-19 cases, including 315 local infections, raising the total caseload to 16,670, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).Friday's tally marked the most since March 8 when the daily virus cases reached 367.The number of daily infections has been in the triple digits since last Friday when 103 additional cases were reported, with about 1,900 cases being newly identified in the past eight days.A resurgen

Aug 21, 2020
S. Korea reports 324 new coronavirus cases
  • S. Korea to secure COVID-19 vaccines via int'l cooperation, local development

Calls growing to tighten social distancing rules, curb virus spread

People sit far apart at a food court in Seoul Station, Thursday, in line with the government's social distancing measures amid the spread of COVID-19. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiThe government is facing growing calls to place stricter social distancing guidelines on the greater Seoul area, as daily new COVID-19 infections in the country soared by triple digits for the seventh consecutive day Thursday. Some even worry that the situation is worse than the mass infections linked with the Shincheonji religious sect or Itaewon nightclubs in the early stages of the pandemic.The recent resurgence of new cases is more serious due to a high risk of the virus spreading at a faster rate due to the likelihood of a large number of asymptomatic carriers or those showing only mild symptoms who are going about their daily lives in the densely populated capital while unaware that they have infected. Epidemiologists warned that if the number of cases keeps increasing, it is highly unlikely that the government's quarantine measures will remain effective.“The virus spread in the Seoul metropolitan area i

Aug 20, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Calls growing to tighten social distancing rules, curb virus spread

Virus infections fan out nationwide

Quarantine workers disinfect a bus at a local depot in Jungnang District, northeastern Seoul, Thursday, to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in the capital. /YonhapSeoul city to ban gatherings of 10 or more people from todayBy Kim Se-jeongThe Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 288 new COVID-19 infections for Wednesday, the third straight day of over 200, with an increasing number outside the Seoul metropolitan area, signaling that the nationwide spread is becoming a reality and that it will be a while until the number of cases decreases.Locating participants in an anti-government rally held last Saturday in Seoul has become the biggest challenge for the authorities.“We have found 53 so far and they were scattered through nine provinces and cities nationwide. Also, 70 percent of them involved people in their 60s or older,” Kim Gang-lip, a senior official responsible for the government response to COVID-19, said Thursday morning. Later in the day, the government added eight more cases. The authorities were continuing to track down the rally partic

Aug 20, 2020By Kim Se-jeong
  • S. Korea reports 288 new virus cases
  • Busan beaches to close from midnight to combat spiking virus cases
  • Seoul to ban gatherings of 10 or more to contain virus spread

Health authorities grapple with groundless rumors

By Lee Hyo-jin Health authorities are grappling with groundless rumors regarding the recent spike of coronavirus cases, with populist conservative pastor Jun Kwang-hoon claiming the government fabricated test results.Jun issued a statement in a full-page ad printed in local daily newspapers, Thursday, saying there is a huge religious-affiliation misrepresentation in the number of confirmed patients announced by the government. Sarang Jeil Church pastor Jun Gwang-hoon In a statement, he claimed the government is classifying random people who tested positive as Sarang Cheil church members. He also said the authorities are deliberately increasing the number of confirmed cases by forcing asymptomatic people to get tested. “The government should reveal the percentage of confirmed cases to the people, not just numbers. The government forced our church members to be tested who had not even participated in the demonstration on Aug. 15. Some members haven't even attended the

Aug 20, 2020By Lee Hyo-jin
Health authorities grapple with groundless rumors

Two Army enlistees test positive for coronavirus

Two draftees who joined a miliary boot camp for their mandatory service earlier this week tested positive for the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Thursday.One trainee entered a boot camp in the border county of Cheorwon and the other a camp in Hwaseong, south of Seoul, on Tuesday, but they were to be returned home after testing positive for COVID-19, according to the ministry. All others who joined the military along with them tested negative, and around 180 trainees who had close contact with the patients have been put into isolation, it added.Since May, the military has been conducting coronavirus tests on all new enlistees.The latest cases are not included in the military's own statistics of virus cases, as newcomers earn status as military members one week after joining a boot camp. All able-bodied South Korean men must serve about two years in the armed forces.So far, the military has reported 90 coronavirus patients, and no fresh COVID-19 cases were reported among military members on Thursday.Currently, 928 service members are in isolation in accordance with the heal

Aug 20, 2020
  • S. Korea reports 288 new virus cases

S. Korea reports 288 new virus cases

- S. Korea reports 288 more cases of new coronavirus, total now at 16,346- 1 additional coronavirus death, death toll now at 307- 57 more patients released from coronavirus treatment, total now at 14,063South Korea's daily new virus cases jumped by triple digits for the seventh straight day Thursday as church-linked infections in the greater capital area continued to pile up, with more virus cases being identified across the nation.The country added 288 more COVID-19 cases, including 276 local infections, raising the total caseload to 16,346, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).It marked a slight fall from 297 additional cases reported Wednesday, but the daily new virus cases have been in the triple digits since Friday when 103 new infections were reported. More than 1,500 cases have been newly identified over the past week.A flare-up in coronavirus cases, mostly traced to churches, have been reported in Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi Province, home to half of the country's 51 million people.Health authorities warned that this week will be a c

Aug 20, 2020
S. Korea reports 288 new virus cases
  • Two Army enlistees test positive for coronavirus
  • Virus infections fan out nationwide

Virus spike continues on infections at churches

Members of a church in Seoul's Jungnang-gu head to a makeshift COVID-19 testing facility at the church, Wednesday, following an outbreak of infections there. / YonhapSix-day COVID-19 total exceeds 1,000By Jun Ji-hyeMore than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases have been reported here in less than a week with Korea's daily new infections soaring by three-digit figures due mainly to infection clusters traced to churches in Seoul and the surrounding areas, the health authorities said Wednesday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported 297 new cases Tuesday, including 283 locally transmitted ones, taking the total caseload to 16,058.Nearly 1,300 new infections have been identified since Aug. 13 when the nation added 103 cases. Since then, the number of daily new cases has hovered between 103 and 297.Among the 283 locally transmitted infections, 252 were reported in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, including 150 in the capital and 94 in the surrounding Gyeonggi Province.Other parts of the country including Busan and Gangwon Province also reported several cas

Aug 19, 2020
Virus spike continues on infections at churches
  • Tightened social distancing rules hit weddings, gatherings

Why Protestant churches prone to COVID-19?

Healthcare workers conduct disinfection procedures at Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Tuesday, amid a surge of other church members testing positive for COVID-19. / YonhapBy Park Ji-wonA Protestant church ignited the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic last week, months after the country saw its case curve flattening with daily new infections in the single digits. Since the first member of the Sarang Jeil Church was confirmed to be infected, Aug. 12, 279 new cases had been reported by Sunday, the first three-digit infection figure going beyond 200 since March. As of noon Wednesday, at least 623 infections have been linked to the Sarang Jeil Church, according to data from the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).The Seoul-based church, led by Rev. Jun Kwang-hoon ― well-known for his sharp-tongued criticism of President Moon Jae-in ― has been likened to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus religious cult which sparked the first wave of infections here earlier this year. Why, among other religious groups, have Protestant churches become the epicenters of COVID-19 outbr

Aug 19, 2020By Park Ji-won
Why Protestant churches prone to COVID-19?
  • Church under fire for mass coronavirus infections, lack of cooperation
  • Coronavirus spreading out of control in South Korea
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