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Wed, May 18, 2022 | 21:42

Moon says Korea passes peak of Omicron wave

President Moon Jae-in said Monday that Korea has passed the peak of its worst wave of COVID-19, fueled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant, but called for more efforts to keep the number of critically ill patients and deaths under control.

2022-03-28 16:23

Korea reports 187,213 new COVID-19 infections amid spread of 'stealth' Omicron variant

Korea reports 187,213 new COVID-19 infections amid spread of 'stealth' Omicron variant

Korea's new daily COVID-19 cases have begun a downward trend, Health Minister Kwon Deok-cheol said Monday, some 11 weeks after the country's worst wave of the pandemic due to the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

2022-03-28 10:11

Moon says Korea passes peak of Omicron wave

New COVID-19 cases below 400,000 for 4th day despite omicron wave

Korea's new daily COVID-19 cases stayed below 400,000 for the fourth consecutive day Saturday, although the highly transmissible omicron variant continues to spread across the nation amid eased antivirus curbs. The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 318,130 new infections, including 43 from overseas, bringing the total caseload to 11,162,232.

2022-03-27 10:39

Traditional Korean medicine practitioners excluded from pandemic response scheme

Despite their willingness to participate in the battle against the COVID-19, traditional Korean medicine practitioners are struggling to find their place in the pandemic response scheme, which is dominated by their Western medicine counterparts.

Lee Hyo-jin | 2022-03-27 09:55

Korea reports 335,580 new COVID-19 infections

South Korea's new daily COVID-19 infections stayed below 400,000 for the third consecutive day Friday, despite the continued spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant amid eased virus curbs.

2022-03-26 10:05

Korea to invest over 20 trillion won in data, network, AI sectors

Korea plans to invest more than 20 trillion won ($16.4 billion) in the data, network and artificial intelligence (AI) sectors over the next three years in a bid to help nurture future-oriented industries, the finance minister said Friday.

2022-03-25 11:35

Korea reports 339,514 new COVID-19 cases

Korea reported less than 400,000 new cases for the second day in a row Thursday despite the Omicron variant tightening its grip on the country.

2022-03-25 09:54

Smoking rate in Korea hits all-time low in 2020

The smoking rate of Koreans aged 19 and older fell below 20 percent for the first time in 2020 amid growing public awareness of health and the government's anti-smoking drive, a report showed Thursday. The smoking rate of Korean adults came to a record low of 19.2 percent that year, down 1 percentage point from 20.2 percent in 2019, according to the report by Statistics Korea.

2022-03-24 13:12

New COVID-19 cases below 400,000; deaths hit all-time high as Omicron tightens grip

Korea reported nearly 400,000 new COVID-19 cases and record high deaths Thursday as the Omicron variant of the coronavirus tightened its grip on the country, having infected nearly 20 percent of the 52 million population.

2022-03-24 10:13

Korea approves MSD's oral COVID-19 pill for at-risk patients

Korea's drug safety agency granted an emergency authorization of multinational pharmaceutical company MSD's oral drug to treat COVID-19, Wednesday, making it the second such pill to be allowed for use in the country.

2022-03-23 15:11

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