Five evacuees who showed symptoms of the novel coronavirus upon arrival in Seoul from the Chinese city of Wuhan on Feb.12th have all tested negative for the illness, health authorities announced today(Feb.13th). After being airlifted from Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus yesterday morning, they were transferred to a hospital directly for virus checks. The...Read More
In Korea, most of the confirmed cases of coronavirus ‘COVID-19’ infections are in stable condition without severe symptoms, according to the medical team in charge of the treatment. There are some people who have more severe symptoms than the flu, but the transmission seems to be less powerful than the report said. “Most (proven patients)...Read More
The Central Accident Prevention Headquarters of Korea announced on the 12th Feb. that it will prepare recommendations for the organizers and health authorities when holding mass events, festivals and tests in cooperation with the Central Anti-Disaster Headquarters and implement them from today. The main point of the guideline is that the organizers should not need...Read More
South Korea on Tuesday strongly advised its nationals to refrain from traveling to Singapore and five other Asian countries, in addition to China, which has reported the most confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus. In an effort to contain the virus that has rapidly spread across the continent, the Seoul government asked people to limit...Read More
In a regular press briefing on Wednesday, the KCDC also said that it will designate Hong Kong and Macau outside mainland China as “Contaminated areas” at midnight on February 20 to tighten quarantine inspections. Hong Kong has confirmed cases of community infection due to the increase in the number of patients, and Macau has decided...Read More
South Korea today confirmed one more case of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total here to 28 with 4 of them discharged after being fully recovered. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the latest patient is a 30-year-od Chinese woman who is an acquaintance of the country’s third confirmed case. The...Read More
Korean government on Feb. 9 held a meeting on responding to the novel coronavirus outbreak and pledged to strengthen measures to preemptively and aggressively prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The Central Disaster Management Headquarters under the Ministry of Interior and Safety will first implement additional measures to prevent the coronavirus from further spreading in...Read More
The world is running out of masks and other protective equipment against the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization chief warned on Feb.7th. “The world is facing a chronic shortage of personal protective equipment,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told the WHO‘s executive board in Geneva. He said he would be speaking to members of the supply...Read More
Korea’s efforts to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus have attracted U.S. media attention. The ABC News video “How airports are trying to prevent coronavirus from spreading” on its official Facebook account has attracted 1.09 million views as of Feb. 7. Uploaded on Jan. 23, it shows news anchor Bob Woodruff traveling from the...Read More
Genetically speaking, the novel coronavirus is very similar to the SARS virus that outbreaks worldwide in 2003. According to a German research team paper published in the 2005 Journal of Hospital Information, 85% ethanol or 95% ethanol worked well to kill the SARS virus. Ethanol is a hand sanitizer that includes 85 to 95 percent,...Read More
