By Bahk Eun-ji
Daily new COVID-19 cases remained at the 600 mark here for Sunday, the third consecutive day, with government officials commenting that the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic has appeared to have passed its peak.
Considering the potential for localized infections and the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday, however, many are calling for caution against such premature optimism. I am cautiously saying that I think the third pandemic wave has passed its peak, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a National Assembly plenary session Friday. The number of daily new COVID-19 cases is on the decline and the reproduction rate has stayed slightly below 1 over the past week, Chung said.
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) Excessive consumption of energy drinks can cause allergies, a study showed Tuesday.
A research team from Hallym University Medical Center conducted a study of 129,809 young South Koreans between the ages of 12 and 18 who participated in the 2015-2016 Youth Health Behavior Survey, finding a correlation between energy drink consumption and allergies.
The research team studied the correlation between energy drinks and asthma, atopy, and allergic rhinitis.
In the case of asthma, young South Koreans drinking energy drinks more than seven times each week had an 11.6 percent chance of getting asthma, which was 1.3 times more likely than those who did not (8.8 percent).
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TIME AFTER TIME this year, South Korea prevented the coronavirus from spreading uncontrollably, applying its elite testing-and-tracing practices that have become a global model for managing the pandemic without draconian, economy-sapping lockdowns.
Now, this âliving with the virusâ strategy â as the nation of 51 million calls it â is being tested like never before.
While case numbers are still small compared to the US and parts of Europe, Korea saw new infections top 1,000 for five consecutive days through Sunday, a staggering jump from an average of about 100 in past months. The fierce winter wave has alarmed a country thatâs drawn pride from being globally lauded for its coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) response.
Dec 22, 2020
Time after time this year, South Korea prevented the coronavirus from spreading uncontrollably, applying its elite testing-and-tracing practices that have become a global model for managing the pandemic without draconian, economy-sapping lockdowns.
Now, this “living with the virus” strategy as the nation of 51 million calls it is being tested like never before.
While case numbers are still small compared to the U.S. and parts of Europe, Korea saw new infections top 1,000 for five consecutive days through Sunday, a staggering jump from an average of about 100 in previous months. The fierce winter wave has alarmed a country that’s drawn pride from being globally lauded for its COVID-19 response.
Fresh Virus Wave Is Testing South Korea’s No-Lockdown Strategy
Bloomberg 12/22/2020 Youkyung Lee and Peter Pae
(Bloomberg) Time after time this year, South Korea prevented the coronavirus from spreading uncontrollably, applying its elite testing-and-tracing practices that have become a global model for managing the pandemic without draconian, economy-sapping lockdowns.
Now, this “living with the virus” strategy as the nation of 51 million calls it is being tested like never before.
While case numbers are still small compared to the U.S. and parts of Europe, Korea saw new infections top 1,000 for five consecutive days through Sunday, a staggering jump from an average of about 100 in previous months. The fierce winter wave has alarmed a country that’s drawn pride from being globally lauded for its Covid-19 response.