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South Korea confirms 111 cases of coronavirus reinfection

A medical worker at an empty treatment room in Daegu Military Hospital after patients left in good shape on April 9. YonhapBy Park Si-soo South Korea has confirmed 111 cases of coronavirus reinfection (as of Sunday noon) with most cases reported in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, two epicenters of the domestic outbreak.Jung Eun-kyeong, director of Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), said on Sunday the organization was exploring possible causes of reinfection.“For now it is uncertain what led to reinfection ― revived virus that survived treatment or fresh exposure to the virus after recovery,” Jung said. The director said an extensive research was under way and the KCDC would share the result with WHO and other nations battling coronavirus.Earlier health authorities here have said the virus was highly likely to have been reactivated, instead of the people being reinfected, as they tested positive again in a relatively short time after being released from quarantine.They also said the COVID-19 virus may remain latent in certain cells in the body an

Apr 12, 2020
South Korea confirms 111 cases of coronavirus reinfection
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'Lessons from MERS outbreak help Korea cope with coronavirus'

Kwon Deok-cheol, director of the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), speaks during an interview with The Korea Times at the KHIDI's office in Seoul, Feb. 4. /Korea Times photo by Choi Won-suk“Big data, global expansion will gear up health industry”By Bahk Eun-ji, Kim Eil-chulKwon Deok-cheol, director of the Korea Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), who led the government's Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus (MERS) response headquarters in 2015, has been the most sought-after expert as Korea battles the coronavirus pandemic. He is one of the key officials who established the medical protocol for infectious diseases. After dealing with the MERS outbreak at that time, he strengthened the infection control system significantly, which is believed to have played a key role in the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak. The government made missteps that cost them precious time and many lives in the fight against MERS because hospitals and officials were unprepared. But the lesson the administration learned from MERS helped them to strike while the iron was hot

Apr 12, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
'Lessons from MERS outbreak help Korea cope with coronavirus'

S. Korea reports 32 more cases of coronavirus, total at 10,512. Death toll hits 214

 South Korea on Sunday reported 32 more cases of the novel coronavirus, bringing the nation's total infections to 10,512.South Korea has now recorded seven days in a row of the number of new cases being around 50 or fewer, a sharp drop from the Feb. 29 peak of 909 new cases, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). But health authorities remain on high alert over cluster infections at churches and hospitals, as well as new cases coming from overseas.The nation's death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year, rose by three to 214, according to the KCDC. The number of patients released from quarantine after making full recoveries reached 7,368, up 125 from a day earlier.The southeastern city of Daegu, the nation's worst virus-hit region, added two new cases. Its surrounding North Gyeongsang Province reported three new cases. The total number of cases reported in Daegu and the surrounding North Gyeongsang Province reached 6,816 and 1,335, respectively.Other major provinces and cities also reported infections, with Seoul

Apr 12, 2020
S. Korea reports 32 more cases of coronavirus, total at 10,512. Death toll hits 214
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Korea reports 30 more cases of new coronavirus, total now at 10,480

Medical staff wearing protective suits take samples from a person with suspected symptoms of COVID-19 at a drive-thru virus test facility in Goyang, in this March 1, file photo. APThe government reported 30 new COVID-19 infections Saturday, bringing the nation's total cases to 10,480. South Korea has now recorded 50 or fewer new cases daily for six straight days, a sharp drop from the Feb. 29 peak of 909, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). But the health authorities remain on high alert over infection clusters at churches and hospitals, as well as new cases coming from overseasThe KCDC reported that the country's death toll from the new coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year, rose by three to 211. The number of patients released from quarantine after a full recovery has reached 7,243, up 126 from a day earlier.The southeastern city of Daegu, the nation's worst virus-hit region, added seven new cases, just a day after the city reported no additional cases for the first time in 52 days. The surrounding North Gyeongsang Province reporte

Apr 11, 2020
Korea reports 30 more cases of new coronavirus, total now at 10,480

World virus deaths pass 100,000, with New York area hit hard

Nurses and healthcare workers mourn and remember colleagues who have died during the novel coronavirus (which causes COVID-19) outbreak during a demonstration outside Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan in New York City, April 10. AFPThe worldwide death toll from COVID-19 surged past 100,000 Friday as the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. cut a widening swath through not just New York City but the entire three-state metropolitan area of 20 million people connected by a tangle of subways, trains and buses. In the bedroom communities across the Hudson River in New Jersey, to the east on Long Island and north to Connecticut, officials were recording some of the worst outbreaks in the country, even as public health authorities expressed optimism that the pace of infections appeared to be slowing.As of Friday, the New York metropolitan area accounted for more than half the nation's over 18,000 deaths, with other hot spots occurring in Detroit, Louisiana and Washington, D.C.“Once it gets into the city, there are so many commuters and travel, it gets everywhere,” said Matt Mazewski

Apr 11, 2020
World virus deaths pass 100,000, with New York area hit hard

Moon, Gates agree on coronavirus vaccines, treatment in phone talks

President Moon Jae-in speaks with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates on the phone at Cheong Wa Dae, Friday. Courtesy of Cheong Wa DaeBill Gates / AFPPresident Moon Jae-in and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates agreed Friday to expand cooperation in efforts to develop vaccines and treatments against the new coronavirus during their phone talks, Cheong Wa Dae said.In their 25-minute conversation, made at Gates' request, they focused on ways to tackle COVID-19 sweeping through the world. Leading the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for philanthropic campaigns, Gates has been striving to help the international community overcome the virus crisis.Describing South Korea's quarantine initiative as a global model, he lauded it for supplying virus testing kits to developing countries, according to Cheong Wa Dae spokesman Kang Min-seok."We expect more cooperation with the foundation in terms of humanitarian assistance to countries vulnerable to infectious diseases and the development and distribution of medicine," Moon was quoted as saying.The Gates foundation has provided support to the Seoul-base

Apr 10, 2020
Moon, Gates agree on coronavirus vaccines, treatment in phone talks

Daegu has no new cases for 1st time in 52 days

Staffers at a hospital in Daegu clean a ward, Friday, after COVID-19 patients who had been hospitalized there were discharged from the hospital. The city that was once considered the local epicenter of the virus outbreak reported no new cases for the first time in 52 days. / YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeThe southern city of Daegu, the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea, saw no new cases for the first time since the city's first patient was reported, Feb. 18, according to health authorities Friday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the total number of patients in the city has remained at 6,807 for two days from Wednesday. After the confirmation of the city's first and the country's 31st patient, who was linked to the Daegu branch of Shincheonji Church of Jesus, massive infections occurred at the city, with the daily number of patients reaching its peak at 741 on Feb. 29.“A high level of social distancing for the last three weeks seems to have made results now,” Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said in a briefing. “But it is premature to

Apr 10, 2020By Jun Ji-hye
Daegu has no new cases for 1st time in 52 days

Daegu reports no new coronavirus case - for first time in 52 days

Qurantine officials disinfect an area around the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in the city of Daegu, March 20, as part of preventive measures against the spread of COVID-19. YonhapSouth Korea's southeastern city of Daegu, once considered the country's epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, reported no additional infections Friday for the first time since the outbreak there nearly two months ago.In the latest sign of a slowdown in the spread of the virus, the number of new infections in the city located 300 kilometers south of Seoul stood at 6,807, unchanged from a day earlier, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC).The country's fourth-largest city, which has a population of 2.5 million, still accounts for more than 65 percent of the country's total COVID-19 cases.The number of deaths from the city reached 142, accounting for around 70 percent of the 208 official COVID-19 deaths in the nation. After reporting its first COVID-19 case on Feb. 18, the number of coronavirus patients had risen sharply in the city, with the daily increase reaching a pea

Apr 10, 2020
Daegu reports no new coronavirus case - for first time in 52 days

Korea set to deport more quarantine rule violators

Incheon International Airport's departure lounge is empty after new regulations to prevent the spread of coronavirus pandemic reduced international travel. The government will suspend a visa-waiver program from April 13 to further limit the number of arrivals./ YonhapBy Kim Se-jeong The Ministry of Justice said Thursday that three Vietnamese nationals will be deported for violating self-quarantine rules, the second deportation in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic.More cases could follow after the government pledged to take stern measures against foreigners who violate the restrictions. “No exceptions will be made,” the ministry said. On Wednesday, an Indonesian national was deported for the same reason. According to the North Jeolla Province Government, three students from Vietnam left their home in Gunsan last Friday and spent five hours at a nearby park. All left their cellphones behind in their rooms. Their action was discovered during a phone conversation with the quarantine authorities.The government's deportation warning comes as the number of new coronavirus ca

Apr 9, 2020By Kim Se-jeong
Korea set to deport more quarantine rule violators

Noryangjin cram schools no exception to coronavirus pandemic

A shutdown notice is posted at the door of a hagwon in Noryangjin, Seoul, Wednesday, where a new confirmed case was reported./ YonhapBy Kim Se-jeong A busy district of Noryangjin, Seoul, filled with cram schools was empty Thursday after a case of COVID-19 was reported at one of them. The Seoul Metropolitan Government ordered the closure of the affected school and the 65 people the patient came into contact with into self-quarantine. Among these 50 had tested negative as of Thursday morning.The case involved a cram school student in his 20s who had symptoms Sunday and attended classes Monday before being confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus Tuesday.The city shut down three other cram schools last month after cases of infection occurred at them. It remains to be seen whether this will lead to a voluntary shutdown of cram schools in the city. Despite the city's recommendations, the schools, also known as hagwons, remain open.According to the Seoul Education Office, as of Wednesday, only 3,763 cram schools in its jurisdiction had closed, or 14.9 percent. In the affluent dist

Apr 9, 2020By Kim Se-jeong
Noryangjin cram schools no exception to coronavirus pandemic
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