A batch of newly commissioned nursing officers headed to Daegu, the southeastern city hit hardest by the novel coronavirus, to help treat a skyrocketing number of infected patients. Commissioned as lieutenants a week earlier than scheduled, the 75 officers will work at the military’s hospital in Daegu, one of several nationwide that the government has...Read More
A month ago, a plethora of articles filled almost every newspaper, arguing the coronavirus (now Covid-19) was being exaggerated. A month on and the writers responsible for those articles are likely wishing they could retract them. If we had expectations of what Covid-19 might become, for many of us, those expectations have been surpassed. The...Read More
Amid the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, rumors have surfaced that some celebrities are affiliated with the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, a cult linked to the massive surge in infections of Corona19. The health authorities have confirmed that a very large number of COVID-19 infections occurred at Shincheonji services, and many people came into close contact with...Read More
South Korea reported 516 new cases of the coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the nation’s total number of infections to 5,328, with the outbreak in the southeastern city of Daegu, the hotspot here, showing little sign of a slowdown. So far, 32 people, mostly elderly patients with underlying illnesses, have died in South Korea from the...Read More
The Korea Chemical Research Institute’s CEVI (New Species Virus) Convergence Research Group announced on Monday that SARS and MERS neutralization antibodies, previously known, can be combined into COVID-19 Spike Protein. Spike protein is a protein that coronavirus uses to break into cells. When an antigen is injected through a vaccine, the body forms antibodies according...Read More
Most victims of the novel coronavirus quickly spreading across South Korea were elderly people with preexisting health issues and special care is necessary to reduce further virus-related fatalities, health authorities here said Tuesday. Some 599 new cases of COVID-19 brought the nation’s total number of infections here to 4,335, with 28 deaths, as of late...Read More
An office worker in Miami, the U.S., had a fever and cough after returning a business trip from China, so he had a COVID-19 examination just in case. Fortunately, he’s got negative, and two weeks later, a 3,270-dollar bill flew in. He is a private health insurance subscriber and has to pay about $1,400 for...Read More
The leader of a South Korean sect linked to more than half the country’s 4,000-plus coronavirus cases apologized Monday for the spread of the disease. “I would like to offer my sincere apology to the people on behalf of the members,” said Shincheonji head Lee Man-hee, 89, his voice breaking. He twice got on his...Read More
A rush of South Korean celebrities are joining hands to donate funds or relief goods to the country’s fight against COVID-19 outbreaks, including Suga of K-pop boy band BTS and Bong Joon-ho, director of the Oscar-winning “Parasite.” On Friday, BTS’ rapper Suga donated 100 million won (US$82,297) to the Hope Bridge Korea Diaster Relief Association,...Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it’s not the right time to put additional travel restrictions on South Korea over the coronavirus. Trump was asked at a White House press briefing whether he is considering restricting travel to and from South Korea, Italy and other countries affected by COVID-19. “At a right time we...Read More
