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Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 30,000 for 4th day amid downtrend

Workers remove a make-shift screening clinic in Incheon, Oct. 13. YonhapKorea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 30,000 for the fourth consecutive day Sunday as infections have been on a decline in recent weeks.The country reported 21,469 new COVID-19 infections, including 87 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 25,120,465, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.The country has seen a gradual downtrend in new infections after peaking at over 180,000 cases on Aug. 17.In response to the downward trend, the government has eased antivirus restrictions, including lifting all outdoor mask mandates and the COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing requirement for inbound travelers.The country reported 32 deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 28,840. The number of critically ill patients came to 247, up two from a day earlier, the KDCA said. (Yonhap)

Oct 16, 2022
Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 30,000 for 4th day amid downtrend

New cases below 30,000 for 3rd day amid waning virus wave

A COVID-19 testing center in Incheon, 27 kilometers west of Seoul, is permanently closed on Oct. 13. YonhapKorea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 30,000 for the third consecutive day Saturday, as the virus wave has subsided in recent weeks.The country reported 22,844 new COVID-19 infections, including 53 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 25,098,996, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.Saturday's count marked a fall from the previous day's 23,583. The country has seen a gradual downtrend in new infections after peaking at over 180,000 cases on Aug. 17.As the virus wave has subsided, the government has eased antivirus restrictions, including lifting all outdoor mask mandates and the COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing requirement for inbound travelers.The country reported 25 deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 28,808.The number of critically ill patients came to 245, up eight from a day earlier. (Yonhap)

Oct 15, 2022
New cases below 30,000 for 3rd day amid waning virus wave

Medical tourists return to Korea as pandemic ebbs

A dermatologist treats patients from Mongolia at a medical center in Daegu, in this April 23, 2019 photo. Courtesy of Daegu Metropolitan CityBy Lee Hyo-jin The medical tourism industry was one of the sectors hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic as countries around the world imposed travel restrictions. But now, with borders opening up again, foreign nationals seeking medical treatment are coming back to Korea. Medical tourism is an all-inclusive package inviting foreign patients to come here to receive treatment at medical institutions, during which they go sightseeing, shopping and experience Korean culture. The industry is considered a future growth engine because medical tourists spend about 10 times more money that ordinary tourists.During the past decade, Korea has risen as a popular destination for foreign nationals with its advanced medical technologies and services, coupled with the global popularity of Korean culture.However, since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in January 2020, restrictions on international travel and the entry of foreign nationals due to virus co

Oct 14, 2022By Lee Hyo-jin
Medical tourists return to Korea as pandemic ebbs

Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 30,000 for 2nd day amid waning virus wave

People hold masks on a street in Seoul on Sept. 26, as the government lifted the outdoor mask mandate. YonhapKorea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 30,000 for the second consecutive day Friday, as the virus wave has subsided in recent weeks.The country reported 23,583 new COVID-19 infections, including 60 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 25,076,239, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.Friday's count marked a fall from the previous day's 26,957. The comparable figure for a week earlier came to 22,289.The country has seen a gradual downtrend in new infections after peaking at over 180,000 cases per day in mid-August.The KDCA added 35 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, raising the death toll to 28,783.The number of critically ill patients stood at 237, down by 29 from the previous day.In line with the waning virus wave, the government has eased antivirus restrictions, including lifting all outdoor mask mandates and the COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing requirement for inbound travelers.But the authorities have warned of a possible outbre

Oct 14, 2022
Korea's new COVID-19 cases below 30,000 for 2nd day amid waning virus wave

Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 30,000 amid downtrend

A man takes a coronavirus test at a screening clinic in Seoul, Oct. 11. NewsisKorea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 30,000 on Thursday amid a gradual downward trend in new infections after peaking at over 180,000 in mid-August. The country reported 26,957 new COVID-19 infections, including 71 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 25,052,677, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said. The daily caseload fell below 10,000 for the first time in 14 weeks at 8,981 on Monday due to fewer tests over the extended weekend that ended on Monday. But it rebounded to 15,476 on Tuesday and 30,535 on Wednesday. The country added 25 deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 28,748. The number of critically ill patients stood at 266, up from 263 a day earlier, the KDCA said.Korea has seen a gradual downtrend in new infections after peaking at 180,745 cases on Aug. 17. Health authorities have eased antivirus restrictions, including lifting all outdoor mask mandates and the COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing requirement for inbound travelers.But authorities

Oct 13, 2022
Korea's new COVID-19 cases fall below 30,000 amid downtrend

Korea rolls out bivalent COVID-19 boosters

A man receives a shot of Spikevax, an updated COVID-19 vaccine targeting the Omicron variant developed by Moderna at a clinic in Gangnam District, Seoul, Tuesday. Korea began inoculations, Tuesday, using the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for people in high risk or other vulnerable groups. Yonhap

Oct 11, 2022By Lee Hae-rin
Korea rolls out bivalent COVID-19 boosters

New COVID-19 cases under 10,000 on waning infections, fewer tests

This file photo taken Sept. 30, shows a coronavirus testing station for inbound travelers at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul. YonhapKorea's new COVID-19 cases fell below 10,000 for the first time in 14 weeks Monday amid waning virus infections and fewer tests over the extended weekend. The country reported 8,981 new COVID-19 infections, including 47 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,979,770, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.Sunday's count marks the first time daily coronavirus cases fell under 10,000 since the 6,242 tally on July 4. Korea has seen a gradual downtrend in new infections after peaking at over 180,000 cases per day in mid-August.The country added 23 deaths from COVID-19, raising the death toll to 28,698.The number of critically ill patients stood at 311, compared with 305 from the previous day.In line with the waning virus wave, the government has eased antivirus restrictions, including lifting all outdoor mask mandates and the COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing requirement for inbound travelers.But the

Oct 10, 2022
New COVID-19 cases under 10,000 on waning infections, fewer tests

Experts warn of imminent 'twindemic'

A child receives a flu vaccine at a clinic in Seoul, Oct. 5. NewsisBy Lee Hyo-jin Korea should brace for an imminent “twindemic” of seasonal influenza and the coronavirus, according to medical experts, who worry that the possible double whammy of viral infections may strain the country's medical system.While the country had avoided harsh flu seasons in the past two years thanks to COVID-19-induced precautions, an active flu season has been anticipated this fall and winter after almost all social-distancing measures, including the mandatory wearing of face masks outdoors, have been lifted.Some experts have warned of a worse-than-usual flu season given that people haven't been building up immunity against the virus in the past couple of years, and data shows that such a scenario is likely to materialize. In the fifth week of September, 7.1 out of 1,000 visitors to hospitals were reported to have influenza, a 45 percent surge from 4.9 in the previous week, according to weekly information form the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) data. The agency issued an i

Oct 9, 2022By Lee Hyo-jin
Experts warn of imminent 'twindemic'

New COVID-19 cases below 20,000 for 2nd day amid waning virus wave

A medical worker guides a citizen at a makeshift testing center in Seoul on Oct. 6. YonhapKorea's new COVID-19 cases stayed below 20,000 for the second consecutive day Sunday, as the virus wave has subsided in recent weeks.The country reported 17,654 new COVID-19 infections, including 61 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 24,970,789, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said.Sunday's count marks a fall from the previous day's 19,431 and from 23,578 a week earlier.The country has seen a gradual downtrend in new infections after peaking at over 180,000 cases per day in mid-August.The KDCA added 29 deaths from COVID-19 on Sunday, raising the death toll to 28,675.The number of critically ill patients stood at 305, compared with 287 from the previous day.In line with the waning virus wave, the government has eased antivirus restrictions, including lifting all outdoor mask mandates and the COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing requirement for inbound travelers.But the authorities have warned of a possible outbreak of a "twindemic" of COVID-19 and the

Oct 9, 2022
New COVID-19 cases below 20,000 for 2nd day amid waning virus wave

Korea builds underground physics laboratory to look into mysteries of universe

This photo provided by the Institute of Basic Science shows an underground tunnel to the Yemi Lab in Jeongseon County, Gangwon Province. YonhapKorea's state research institute said Wednesday that it has built the country's deepest underground research facility in a move to unlock the mysteries of the universe.The Yemi Lab ― located 1,100 meters underground Mount Yemi in the eastern Gangwon Province ― will officially open next year, the Institute of Basic Science (IBS) said. The lab encompasses 3,000 square meters in area, which could house more than 10 types of experimental research at the same time.The 31 billion-won ($21.8 million) project, which began in 2017, is aimed at carrying out studies on the creation of the universe and its composition through detecting "dark matter" and measuring the mass of "neutrino."Dark matter refers to a component of the universe whose presence is discerned from its gravitational attraction rather than its luminosity. It accounts for some 30 percent of the matter of the universe, but the precise nature of the matter is not currently known.A number of

Oct 5, 2022
Korea builds underground physics laboratory to look into mysteries of universe
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