Newly emerging subvariants of the coronavirus are anticipated to rise to dominance and fuel the country s upcoming fall and winter wave. The numbers of daily COVID-19 infections most recently surged here in early July, peaking with more than 180,000 cases per day in mid-August, driven mostly by Omicron subvariant BA.5. Since then, the numbers of daily infections had been gradually slowing down, but recent weeks have seen a relative uptick. Although it is too early to determine whether the next wave has begun, the government and local health experts forecast that the country will likely see another wave of the coronavirus soon, but on a smaller scale than earlier this summer.
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The ongoing wave of omicron infections in North Korea could cause tens of thousands of deaths in the unvaccinated country, according to Oh Myoung-don, who heads the South Korean National Medical Center’s committee for clinical management of emerging infectious diseases.