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Social distancing slackens, jeopardizing virus controlSocial affairsApr 6, 2020Social distancing is an epidemiologists’ term that has entered the public lexicon with the dawn of the COVID-19 outbreak. Its aim is to slow transmission of the virus by reducing human-to-human cont... -
S. Korea seeks heftier penalties for quarantine violatorsSocial affairsApr 5, 2020South Korean health authorities said Sunday that lying during coronavirus checks constituted an offense, and a no leniency policy would be put in place for all forms of foul play during a quarantine ... -
Korea’s virus fight ‘may drag on for months, years’Social affairsApr 5, 2020A long, grim road is ahead in South Korea’s war against the novel coronavirus. The message from the government was clear Saturday when Health Minister Park Neung-hoo admitted for the first time that... -
Korea’s front-line virus fighters get creative to up their gamesSocial affairsApr 2, 2020By Kim Arin ( arin@heraldcorp.com ) -
Korea sticks to honor system in virus battleSocial affairsMar 31, 2020South Korea’s virus fight plan will largely remain noncompulsory, Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said Tuesday, with its surveillance system upheld by massive testing and contact tracing. Korea on... -
‘Hardest part is not knowing when this will end’Social affairsMar 30, 2020Infections of doctors and nurses is an emerging threat that could incapacitate action on the front lines. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday that 121 health care work... -
KCDC says virus death rate rising in S. KoreaSocial affairsMar 30, 2020South Korea’s case fatality rate from the novel coronavirus reached 1.64 percent Monday, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a significant rise from March 1’s 0.4 perce... -
Operator of Telegram child sex abuse ring is 16 years old: policeSocial affairsMar 26, 2020South Korean police said Thursday a teenage boy suspected of being behind a second online child sexual abuse ring has been sent to prosecutors. Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency said its cybercrime u... -
Sex abuse ring investigation goes publicSocial affairsMar 26, 2020Prosecutors grilled Cho from 10:20 a.m. to 11:35 a.m. Thursday after he agreed to undergo questioning in the absence of an attorney. In an announcement made the same day, the Justice Ministry said t... -
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[Newsmaker] COVID-19: Are kids OK?Social affairsMar 25, 2020Most kids who catch COVID-19 will fare better than adults and get mildly sick, new findings suggest, but not all will be spared from falling severely ill. Korea Centers for Disease Control and Preve... -
Deepening pandemic tests Seoul’s open-border policySocial affairsMar 24, 2020South Korea is lauded for its open-border policy in its virus response. But now that the outbreak has reached a pandemic scale, calls are growing for tighter border controls. In a phone interview ... -
S. Korea issues nonbinding social distancing ultimatumSocial affairsMar 22, 2020South Korea has called for expanded public participation in social distancing for the next two weeks, as the country witnesses a wave of community spread and imported infections leading to a resurgen... -
S. Korean teen death not linked to virus: officialsSocial affairsMar 19, 2020A teenage pneumonia patient who died Wednesday morning in Daegu was coronavirus-negative, health officials said Thursday. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a briefing the ... -
S. Korea ups virus checks on arrivals to curb imported casesSocial affairsMar 19, 2020South Korea is instituting amplified checks on arrivals at its air and sea ports to monitor infections coming in from abroad. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday that ... -
‘Chest imaging can reveal infection in some virus-negative patients’Social affairsMar 18, 2020Experts say chest CT scans and X-rays can reveal COVID-19 infections that go undetected by RT-PCR, which is currently the chief method for determining if a person has the disease. Speaking at a conf...
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