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S. Korea reports 61 new coronavirus infections

South Korea's daily new virus cases stayed above 60 for the third consecutive day Sunday as infections outside the Seoul metropolitan area continued to swell, putting further strain on the country's virus fight.- S. Korea reports 61 more cases of new coronavirus, total now at 13,091- No additional coronavirus death, total death toll at 283- 21 more people released after full recoveries from coronavirus, total cured patients at 11,832South Korea's daily new virus cases stayed above 60 for the third consecutive day Sunday as infections outside the Seoul metropolitan area continued to swell, putting further strain on the country's virus fight.The country added 61 cases, including 43 local infections, raising the total caseload to 13,091, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). South Korea added 63 new cases on both Friday and Saturday.Of the locally transmitted infections, 15 cases were newly identified in Gwangju, 330 kilometers southwest of Seoul.The increase from the city was mainly attributable to a Buddhist temple, which has reported a whopping 61

Jul 5, 2020
S. Korea reports 61 new coronavirus infections
  • Kim Jong-un orders 'maximum alert' against coronavirus
  • Gwangju fears becoming next Daegu

New virus cases above 60 for 2nd day as infections outside capital show no signs of slowdown

A popular night-out area in the Seo District of Gwangju is nearly free of visitors July 3. Having seen a spike in the number of COVID-19 infections since June 27, the city has raised its social distancing level. Yonhap The Korea Center for Disease Control and prevention (KCDC) reported over 60 new COVID-19 cases for the second straight day Friday as those outside the Seoul metropolitan area showed no signs of slowing, raising concerns the country may be returning to an upward infection trajectory. The country added 63 cases ― 36 local infections and 27 from overseas ― bringing the total caseload to 13,030, according to the KCDCOf the local transmissions, the number in Gwangju, 330 kilometers south of Seoul, fell to eight after it reported double-digit numbers Thursday and Friday, the KCDC said in a statement.The greater Seoul area reported 28 new infections, with the surrounding Gyeonggi Province adding 19; while Daegu, once the hotbed of the country's virus outbrea

Jul 4, 2020
New virus cases above 60 for 2nd day as infections outside capital show no signs of slowdown

Foreign arrivals in Korea again dive 98% in May

Inspectors from Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention watch body temperature of people arriving at Incheon International Airport, June 28. Korea Times fileDue to COVID-19 related travel restrictions, the number of foreign arrivals in South Korea nose-dived again in May dropping nearly 98 percent to slightly over 30,000, official data showed Saturday. According to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO), 30,861 foreigners visited the country in May, down 97.9 percent from the same month last year. The monthly total of foreign arrivals came after just 29,415 foreign nationals arrived here in April, marking a year-on-year decline of 98.2 percent for the monthBy nationality, visitors from the United States fell 90.9 percent to 8,735, while those from China dropped 99 percent to 5,124, the KTO said.Visitors from Japan and Taiwan decreased 99.9 percent and 99.8 percent, respectively, to 413 and 189, it noted, adding 24 arrived from Hong Kong, 49 from Singapore, 90 from Malaysia and 195 from Thailand.Visitors from the Philippines and Vietnam did each exceed 1,000, reaching a respect

Jul 4, 2020By Ko Dong-hwan
Foreign arrivals in Korea again dive 98% in May

Fears mounting over virus spreading across nation again

Students at Daegu Yedam School go through COVID-19 testing on the playground, Friday, as one of the students there tested positive for the virus. / YonhapWednesday rally for 'comfort women' prohibited amid virus concernsBy Jun Ji-hyeThe southern city of Daegu, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea, has been hit by another infection cluster, while the greater Seoul area, Daejeon and Gwangju have continued to report consistent increases in the number of virus patients, according to health authorities Friday. The worsening community transmission is raising fears that the virus is spreading across the nation again, after the country showed clear signs of a slowdown in new virus cases at the end of April. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) detected 63 new infections Thursday ― 52 local and 11 imported cases ― bringing the nation's total to 12,967. The death toll remained unchanged at 282.The daily number of infections marked a rise from 54 the previous day, and bounced back to over 60 for the first time in five days. By regions, 31 were from Seoul and ne

Jul 3, 2020
Fears mounting over virus spreading across nation again

Texas governor issues mask order to fight coronavirus

In this June 16, 2020, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott adjusts his mask after speaking in Austin, Texas. Abbott on July 2 ordered that face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state, a dramatic ramp up of the Republican's efforts to control spiking numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. APTexas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered that face coverings must be worn in public across most of the state, a dramatic ramp-up of the Republican's efforts to control spiking numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations.Abbott, who had pushed Texas' aggressive reopening of the state economy in May, had previously said the government could not order individuals to wear masks. His prior virus-related orders had undercut efforts by local governments to enforce mask requirements.But faced with dramatically rising numbers of both newly confirmed cases of the COVID-19 virus and the number of patients so sick they needed to be hospitalized, Abbott changed course with Thursday's mask order. It requires ``all Texans to wear a face covering over the n

Jul 3, 2020
Texas governor issues mask order to fight coronavirus
  • Can US reopen safely? Korean doctor says it can - but only if 'almost everyone' wears a mask

PM voices alarm at growing virus infections in Gwangju

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun speaks during a meeting at Gwangju City Hall in South Jeolla Province, Friday. YonhapPrime Minister Chung Sye-kyun voiced alarm over the recent "unusual" spike in virus infections in the southwestern city of Gwangju Friday, presiding over the central government's regular COVID-19 response meeting there."The pace of COVID-19's spread in Gwangju has taken a serious turn. ... (The city) must wisely overcome the crisis to become a model case," Chung said during the meeting held at Gwangju's city hall.The regular virus-response meeting chaired by the PM has been mostly held in Seoul so far, but the Friday session was convened unusually in Gwangju, 330 kilometers southwest of Seoul, after the city reported an alarming increase in virus infections in recent days.Daily new infections in Gwangju with 1.5 million population soared to 22 out of the nation's total of 54 on Thursday after the city reported its first double-digit daily tally the previous day, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The number dropped to six on Friday,

Jul 3, 2020
PM voices alarm at growing virus infections in Gwangju
  • Rising new cases spell peril for virus fight; areas outside capital under threat of more infections

Rising new cases spell peril for virus fight; areas outside capital under threat of more infections

A woman wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus walks by an advertisement of a hair shop, left, at a shopping district in Seoul, Thursday, July 2, 2020. APSouth Korea's daily new virus cases hit the highest level in two weeks on Friday as infections outside the Seoul metropolitan area showed a sustained increase, raising concerns that the country's infections may get back on an upward trajectory.The country added 63 cases, including 52 local infections, raising the total caseload to 12,967, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).The tally marked the highest since 67 cases reported on June 20 and a rise from 54 reported a day earlier. It was the first time that the number of local infections hovered above the threshold of 50 since June 18.Of the locally transmitted infections, six cases were newly identified in Gwangju, 330 kilometers southwest of Seoul, where double-digit numbers of new virus cases had been reported for the previous two days.The increase from the city was mainly attributable to a Buddhist temple.

Jul 3, 2020
Rising new cases spell peril for virus fight; areas outside capital under threat of more infections
  • PM voices alarm at growing virus infections in Gwangju

Remdesivir 'pricing debate' weighs on Celltrion

A lab technician holds COVID-19 treatment remdesivir at Eva Pharma Facility in Cairo, Egypt, on June 25. Reuters-YonhapCriticism of Gilead compels Korean developers to cut pricesBy Nam Hyun-wooGilead Sciences CEO Daniel O'Day / Captured from Gilead Sciences websiteKorean biotech and pharmaceutical firms working to develop COVID-19 treatments are contemplating how to price their drugs as a result of the fierce debates surrounding the price of remdesivir, a drug created by Gilead Sciences shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients.Initially, Gilead said it set the price for remdesivir “far below” the drug's estimated market value, at least in the United States. An earlier discharge for COVID-19 patients would save hospitals about $12,000 per patient, Gilead said. The drug will probably cost Gilead $1 billion throughout this year, mostly to scale up production. Gilead is expected to generate over $525 million on remdesivir sales by the end of this year with further expectations it could soar to $2 billion by next year. Regarding Gilead's pricing strate

Jul 2, 2020By Nam Hyun-woo
Remdesivir 'pricing debate' weighs on Celltrion
  • S. Korea administers remdesivir for COVID-19 patients for 1st time

Social stigma poses threat to coronavirus survivors

People wait for coronavirus tests at a makeshift clinic in Seoul, in this June 30 photo. YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiThree out of 10 coronavirus patients said they faced mental health challenges after they were confirmed to have COVID-19, a study showed Thursday. The patients surveyed expressed a greater fear of the social stigma attached to them than concern about the illness itself.The Gyeonggi Public Health Institute and a research team from the Seoul National University Graduate School of Public Health unveiled the results of a survey about awareness of COVID-19 conducted on 110 patients, as well as 1,388 people in contact with them and 2,589 members of the general public in Gyeonggi Province from June 3 to 17. Among the confirmed patients, 43.6 percent said they were shocked when they tested positive for the virus, and 51 percent felt insecure after they were quarantined.The survey asked about the experiences of COVID-19 patients such as their physical symptoms, feelings when they heard news about COVID-19, the level of trauma faced after recovery and the resulting social stigma they su

Jul 2, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
Social stigma poses threat to coronavirus survivors
  • S. Korea reports 54 new coronavirus infections

Lung transplant to COVID-19 patient succeeds in S. Korea

gettyimagesbankBy Jun Ji-hyeDoctors at Hallym University Medical Center successfully carried out a lung transplant on a COVID-19 patient last month, the first such operation in Korea and the ninth in the world, according to the hospital, Thursday.A female patient in her 50s whose lungs had collapsed due to the new coronavirus received the transplanted organs, June 21. Hospitalized on Feb. 29, the patient was immediately put on a respirator as she was experiencing difficulty breathing. She was then placed on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for 112 days from March 1 to the day before her surgery. The hospital said she has been recovering well, noting that she is now able to breathe unassisted. “She had one of the most serious cases among the critically ill patients in Korea,” said Kim Hyung-soo, a cardiothoracic surgeon who heads the ECMO center at the hospital. “Young patients should not let their guard down as COVID-19 could require a lung transplant. We ask people to continue to comply with social distancing guidelines and wear face masks.”The Kore

Jul 2, 2020
Lung transplant to COVID-19 patient succeeds in S. Korea
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