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Coronavirus relapse cases hit 179 in Korea

An employee holds up an antibody test cartridge of the ichroma COVID-19 Ab testing kit used in diagnosing the coronavirus for a photograph on a production line of the Boditech Med Inc. in Chuncheon, Korea, Friday, April 17, 2020. APSouth Korea's health authorities said Sunday they will continue to remain vigilant over relapse cases as the number has been rising steadily despite the slowdown in overall infections. The number of people who tested positive again for COVID-19 after making full recoveries has reached 179 since the first such case was identified on April 8, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).The latest figure accounts for 2.2 percent of those cured of the new coronavirus and released from quarantine, the KCDC said. So far, South Korea has released 8,042 patients after they were declared cured. Of the total relapse cases, those in their 20s accounted for the largest 22.9 percent, followed by those in their 50s at 17.9 percent.There were five relapse cases involving patients below the age of 10.No secondary infections have been reported

Apr 19, 2020
Coronavirus relapse cases hit 179 in Korea

Gov't to maintain social distancing campaign, with less intensity: PM

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun / YonhapThe government said Sunday it will maintain the social distancing drive against the coronavirus until early May, but it will ease the guidelines for some groups and cases like religious gatherings and recruitment tests. Maintaining distance from others in public places, daily sanitizing and wearing masks will be kept in place under the social distancing practices till May 5, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said in a government response meeting.But the administrative orders on churches, bars, gyms and cram schools that strongly recommended their temporary closure will be lifted on condition that they comply with strict quarantine rules. The government will also begin to allow essential qualification tests or recruitment exams, the prime minister said. "In terms of quarantine, it is safest to continue high-intensity social distancing, but it is not easy in reality. We need to find a middle ground," Chung said. He added that outdoor public facilities, such as recreation forests, could reopen and that outdoor sports activities could be resumed on a lim

Apr 19, 2020
Gov't to maintain social distancing campaign, with less intensity: PM

Director of Wuhan lab denies virus link

This file photo taken on Feb. 23, 2017, shows a worker inside the P4 laboratory in Wuhan, capital of China's Hubei province. The P4 epidemiological laboratory was built in cooperation with French bio-industrial firm Institut Merieux and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The facility is among a handful of labs around the world cleared to handle Class 4 pathogens (P4) ― dangerous viruses that pose a high risk of person-to-person transmission. AFPThe director of a maximum-security laboratory in China's coronavirus ground-zero city of Wuhan has rejected claims that it could be the source of the outbreak, calling it "impossible".Beijing has come under increasing pressure over transparency in its handling of the pandemic, with the US probing whether the virus actually originated in a virology institute with a high-security biosafety laboratory.Chinese scientists have said the virus likely jumped from an animal to humans in a market that sold wildlife. But the existence of the facility has fuelled conspiracy theories that the germ spread from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, specifically its

Apr 19, 2020
Director of Wuhan lab denies virus link

New coronavirus infections fall to single digits for first time in 2 months

Imperial guards wearing face masks to help protect against the spread of the new coronavirus shelter from the rain under the gate of the Gwanghwamun at the Gyeongbok Palace in Seoul, Friday, April 17, 2020. APSouth Korea on Sunday reported eight more cases of the new coronavirus, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,661, with the daily increase falling to a single digit for the first time in about two months.The figure for the cases, detected on Saturday, marked another decrease from a day earlier when the number of new infections reached 18, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Of the eight new cases, five were detected from arrivals from foreign countries.After reporting the first case on Jan. 20, the number of daily new cases in the country stayed in the single digits through Feb. 18.The figure, however, soon skyrocketed, centering on members of a church group in the southeastern city of Daegu and other cluster infections from hospitals. The number of South Korea's daily new cases reached a peak of 909 on Feb. 29.On the back of the coun

Apr 19, 2020
New coronavirus infections fall to single digits for first time in 2 months

Nigerian president's chief of staff dies from coronavirus

Health workers prepare to bury the remains of Nigerian president's chief of staff, Abba Kyari, at the Gudu Cemetery in Abuja on April 18, 2020. Kyari, the chief of staff and senior adviser to the Nigerian head of state Muhammadu Buhari, died after contracting COVID-19, the government announced that day. AFPThe Nigerian president's chief of staff died on Friday from COVID-19, the presidency said on Saturday, making him the most high profile person in the country to die in the coronavirus outbreak.Abba Kyari had acted as the gatekeeper to 77-year-old President Muhammadu Buhari. After his re-election last year, Buhari ordered ministers to channel all communications through him.Kyari had underlying health problems including diabetes. Reuters reported on March 24 that he had contracted the disease."Mallam Abba Kyari, who died on 17th April, 2020, at the age of 67 from complications caused by the coronavirus, was a true Nigerian patriot," said Buhari in a tweet, using an honorific title for Kyari.He referred to Kyari as his "loyal friend and compatriot for the last 42 years" who, as chief

Apr 19, 2020
Nigerian president's chief of staff dies from coronavirus

S. Korea reports 18 more cases of new coronavirus, total at 10,653. Death toll hits 232

 South Korea reported 18 more cases of the novel coronavirus Saturday, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,653.It is the first time in nearly two months that the country's new COVID-19 infections came below 20, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). Over the past five days, the country reported fewer than 30 new patients per day.The number of South Korea's daily new cases reached a peak of 909 confirmed cases on Feb. 29, but the country has since managed to flatten the curve amid stringent quarantine and social distancing measures.The country's death toll came to 232, as two more coronavirus deaths were added Friday.The number of patients released from quarantine after making full recoveries stood at 7,937, up 108 from a day earlier, KCDC data showed. (Yonhap)

Apr 18, 2020
S. Korea reports 18 more cases of new coronavirus, total at 10,653. Death toll hits 232

South Korea poised to extend 'social distancing' for another two weeks

A medical worker checks a visitor's temperature at Jesaeng Hospital in Seongnam, south of Seoul, Friday, after the hospital was reopened. The hospital was closed following the confirmation of multiple COVID-19 infection cases there in March. /YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiAs the government debates when to officially ease its nationwide social-distancing campaign, the prime minister renewed calls on citizens to adhere to the restrictions for at least another week or two.“We saw many people out on the streets during the Easter weekend and on election day. We need to have a close look at the possible rapid spread of further cases,” Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a daily government briefing. While some local news outlets reported the government will extend the campaign for another two weeks, until May 3, Yoon Tae-ho, a senior health ministry official in charge of the quarantine effort, said the government was considering an announcement over the weekend.Yoon added the end of official campaign would not necessarily mean the end of social distancing. “Some people get thi

Apr 17, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
South Korea poised to extend 'social distancing' for another two weeks

40% of adults don't have child due to 'financial instability': poll

Four out of 10 adults said unstable personal finance is the No.1 reason for not having a child./ Korea Times fileBy Kim Se-jeongFour out of 10 adults said financial instability was the No.1 reason for not planning to have a child, according to the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, Friday.The local think tank surveyed 2,000 adults ― 1,029 married and 971 single ― between the ages of 19 and 49 years old, and found that 44.7 percent of unmarried people though their financial situation wasn't good enough to raise children. Among married people, 37.4 percent answered similarly.Beside finance, the responders mentioned the high cost of raising children and the lack of child-friendly housing. More than 10 percent in each group said they would remain childless because they simply preferred their freedom.The think tank's survey only served to confirm Korea's notoriously low ― already clearly documented ― birthrate.In 2018, there were 326,900 births in Korea, down 30,900 from the previous year, the lowest since 1970. The fertility rate, the average number of babies women of childbe

Apr 17, 2020By Kim Se-jeong
40% of adults don't have child due to 'financial instability': poll

New virus infections fall below 30 for 5th straight day

 South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell below 30 for the fifth straight day Friday, but health authorities warned against complacency and urged people to keep up social distancing. The 22 new cases, detected Thursday and unchanged from a day ago, brought the nation's total infections to 10,635, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).South Korea's daily new cases reached a peak on Feb. 29 with 909 confirmed cases, but the country has since managed to flatten the curve of new infections. In particular, the daily number of new virus cases has been below 50 for the last nine days, with health authorities saying that the country's extensive social distancing campaign began to pay off.However, health authorities remain on high alert over imported cases as well as cluster infections at churches and hospitals. Of the 22 new cases, 14 of them were from abroad.They are also keeping an eye on those who have retested positive for COVID-19. The nation's death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year, rose by one to 230, accordin

Apr 17, 2020
New virus infections fall below 30 for 5th straight day
  • 195,000 jobs vanish: Pandemic starts to suffocate job market

S. Korea on alert over possible rise in virus cases after election

By Jun Ji-hyeHealth authorities are showing concerns that the number of new COVID-19 cases could rise again after the country held its general election Wednesday. It was the world's first nationwide election held during the pandemic.The polls had a 66 percent voter turnout, the highest in 28 years, while over 10,000 voters who have been under two-week self-quarantine cast their votes as well.The National Election Commission had allowed those who had been ordered to isolate themselves between April 1 and 14 and shown no symptoms of the virus to vote at polling stations after regular voting ended at 6 p.m.The government took tightened quarantine measures at polling stations, asking voters to wear face masks, sanitize their hands and wear plastic gloves.The nation's number of daily new coronavirus cases have hovered below 30 for the fourth straight day, with 22 new cases detected Wednesday. Four more deaths were reported, raising the death toll to 229. The authorities said it is too early to relax, being mindful of concerns over possible infection clusters following the nationwide elect

Apr 16, 2020
S. Korea on alert over possible rise in virus cases after election
  • New coronavirus cases stay below 30 for 4th straight day
  • 195,000 jobs vanish: Pandemic starts to suffocate job market
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