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North Korea's Kim Jong Un slams officials over pandemic response, deploys armyMore than a million people have been ill with what Pyongyang refers to as "fever", state media said, despite leader Kim ordering nationwide...- South Korea to hold dialogue with North Korea over COVID-19 supportOn Thursday, Pyongyang announced the first wave of COVID-19 cases in the country, as several citizens tested positive for the Omicron BA.2 ...
- North Korea reports six deaths after admitting COVID-19 outbreakThe true scale is unclear, but a big COVID-19 outbreak could be devastating in a country with a broken health care system and an unvaccinat...
- North Korea reports first COVID-19 cases, Kim orders national lockdownTop officials, including leader Kim Jong Un, held a crisis politburo meeting on Thursday to discuss the outbreak and announced they would i...
- South Korea to end outdoor mask mandateThe announcement comes after Seoul dropped almost all other social-distancing measures earlier this month, ending two years of strict requi...
- South Korea eases distancing amid slowing omicron spreadThe limit on private social gatherings will be raised from eight to 10 people starting Monday, while restaurants, bars and other indoor spa...
- COVID-19 cases in Asia surpass 100 millionThe region is reporting over 1 million new COVID-19 cases about every two days, according to a Reuters analysis. With more than half of the...
- Fourth Covid wave could occur in India but not yet: ExpertsTheir reasons include boosted immunity from the third wave that occurred between December 2021 and February and high vaccination coverage i...
- Over 6 lakh cases a day & a mortality rate of 0.14%: Behind South Korea's COVID strategySouth Korea has reached two seemingly contradictory pandemic milestones: It recorded more than 600,000 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday,...
- South Korea reports over 6 lakh Covid cases amid Omicron surgeAccording to WHO data, South Korea leads the world in newly reported cases in the last seven days with 2,417,174 infections, followed by Vi...
- South Korea records over 4 lakh cases amid Omicron waveSouth Korea reported more than 400,000 new coronavirus cases Wednesday, a new record, as the country continues to ease restrictions despite...
- South Korea reports record high 383,665 new COVID-19 casesSouth Korea is experiencing surge in cases due to a rise of Omicron infections.
- South Korea, a virus success story, now finds its model unsustainableIn the past week, South Korea has begun asking patients who test positive to simply look after themselves at home, while the country redire...
- Asia keeps omicron at bay, but a surge may be inevitableMuch of Asia has largely managed to keep omicron at bay even as the variant rages in other parts of the world, but the region that is home ...
- South Korea marks deadliest day of pandemic as hospital buckleOfficials have been squeezing hospitals to set aside more beds for COVID-19 patients and scrambling to speed up the administration of boost...
- World rushes to boost against Omicron, but questions remainIn the days after earliest findings showed that omicron caused a 25 to 40-fold loss of neutralizing antibodies from the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTec...
- South Korea sets new record for positive cases, deathsThe 5,352 new cases reported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency on Saturday marked the third time this week the daily tally...
- WHO urges Asia-Pacific to ready for Omicron-driven surge in infectionsIt has been reported in at least two dozen countries, and started gaining a foothold in Asia this week, with cases reported from Australia,...
- South Korea confirms first five cases of omicron variantThe Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Wednesday the cases include a couple who arrived from Nigeria on Nov 24 and a friend w...
- Omicron threat: Handset companies wary of plant, border closuresIndustry watchers say Diwali had brought in some recovery, and while component shortages continue, more border closures will push back what...
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