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@WSJ 2 years ago China suspended issuing several types of visas to South Korean and Japanese citizens in response to travel restrictions the countries have imposed on flights from China to curb the spread of Covid-19 on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago North Korea has rolled out a mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign in its border areas, according to South Korea’s spy agency on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Names are painted on a wall in London. Ribbons are tied to a church fence in South Africa. An online memorial is curated in Malaysia. More than six million people have died from Covid-19, and remembrances try to keep up. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago U.S. bookings for foreign travel this summer are approaching prepandemic levels for many destinations, reaching 95% of 2019 levels for South America and 93% for Europe, while exceeding pre-Covid levels for the Caribbean on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago South Koreans infected with Covid-19 will no longer be legally required to quarantine, and the government will stop footing the full bill for treatment on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago After two years of restrictions, South Africa is ending its Covid “state of disaster.” President Cyril Ramaphosa said it was a “firm statement of our determination to live our lives and rebuild our country, even as this virus remains in our midst.” nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea reported 621,328 new daily Covid cases on Thursday, its peak infection number of the entire pandemic. But during this surge, the government is pushing ahead with plans to relax restrictions and learn to live with the virus. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea is now grappling with one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. Omicron became the nation’s dominant variant in late January and the country is now reporting more cases each day than the U.S. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea, which is experiencing its largest Covid-19 wave yet, will set aside a 90-minute window just for voters with the coronavirus to cast their ballots at polling stations next month. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago As Covid numbers surge, South Korea has started asking people who test positive to simply look after themselves at home while​ the authorities focus on helping the most vulnerable. Some are unsettled by the new approach. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago Australia news live updates: Covid deaths continue to climb; flood emergency in South Australia theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago South Africa says vaccines and natural immunity are limiting latest Covid wave theguardian.com
@guardian 2 years ago China halts short-term visas for South Korea and Japan over Covid travel curbs theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago North Korea has begun a mass Covid-19 vaccination campaign in its border areas, according to South Korea’s spy agency, becoming one of the world’s final countries to embark on such a national rollout on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Names are painted on a wall in London. Ribbons are tied to a church fence in South Africa. An online memorial is curated in Malaysia. More than six million people have died from Covid-19, and remembrances try to keep up. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Coronavirus infections surged in South Africa in recent months despite research suggesting that about 98 percent of the population had some antibodies from vaccination, previous infection, or both. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea is set to ease social distancing regulations this week as the country's number of new coronavirus cases falls. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Africa is ending its national “state of disaster” over the coronavirus pandemic, which has been in effect for 750 days and allowed the government to impose some of the broadest public health restrictions seen anywhere. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago South Korea reports record Covid deaths as daily cases surge past 600,000 theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago Covid live: South Korea approves Pfizer vaccine for five-year-olds; UK emergency loan losses hit £16bn theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Under South Korea’s new Covid strategy, the government will confine its monitoring efforts to high-risk patients. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago Covid news live: South Korea reports record number of cases; China tells Hong Kong to stabilise outbreak theguardian.com
@guardian 3 years ago NSW Covid update: 35 additional deaths in south-west Sydney aged care facilities this year – video theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Omicron cases in parts of the U.K. were estimated to be doubling every 1½ days as health officials in South Africa reported significantly lower Covid-19 hospital admission rates than earlier in the pandemic despite a surge of infections on.wsj.com
@BBCWorld 2 years ago China blocks South Korea and Japan visitors over Covid rules bbc.in
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Kim Jong-un’s sister, Kim Yo-jong, said “disgusting ones in ​South Korea​” had caused North Korea’s Covid outbreak. The South Korean government called the accusation “far-fetched” and “very rude.” nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago North Korea did not directly blame its Covid outbreak on the South. But it warned its people to “vigilantly deal with alien things” brought across the border by “balloons,” wind or “other climate phenomena.” nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Coronavirus cases in South Africa have tripled in the past week, officials said. Public health experts are monitoring the surge, linked to two subvariants in the Omicron family, to see what it says about immunity from previous infections. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea is set to ease social distancing regulations this week as the country's number of new coronavirus cases falls. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago South Korea is considering downgrading the way it categorizes Covid-19 as an infectious disease, while Singapore is steadily dropping restrictions on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Few countries bet bigger on contact tracing than South Korea. But most South Koreans with Covid-19 now isolate themselves at home without ever communicating directly with health investigators. on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago South Korea PM urges calm after Covid cases soar by 70,000 in a day theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Under South Korea’s new Covid strategy, the government will confine its monitoring efforts to high-risk patients. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago Covid live: South Korea records highest number of deaths in a month; Cook Islands reports first case of virus theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Watch: Scientists in South Africa are starting to get a clearer picture of Omicron. We visited a leading lab studying the coronavirus strain, which appears to partially evade vaccines, is more infectious, and might cause milder symptoms. on.wsj.com
@WSJ 3 years ago Surging Covid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are prompting South Korea to reverse plans to reopen and instead take some of the most aggressive measures against the virus of any country in the world on.wsj.com
@guardian 2 years ago Afternoon Update: national cabinet agrees to cap gas, coal prices; Covid cases rising; and South Koreans getting younger theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Names are painted on a wall in London. Ribbons are tied to a church fence in South Africa. An online memorial is curated in Malaysia. More than six million people have died from Covid-19, and remembrances try to keep up. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago A truck-driver strike in South Korea has stretched into a seventh day, creating a headache for a global supply chain already reeling from Covid lockdowns in China and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago South Africa may be entering fifth Covid wave earlier than expected theguardian.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea is set to ease social distancing regulations this week as the country's number of new coronavirus cases falls. nyti.ms
@WSJ 3 years ago South Korea is considering downgrading the way it categorizes Covid as an infectious disease, while Singapore is steadily dropping restrictions. “Our fight against Covid-19 has reached a major turning point.” on.wsj.com
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea is grappling with one of the world’s worst coronavirus outbreaks. Omicron became the nation’s dominant variant in late January and the country is now reporting more cases each day than the U.S. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago South Korea, which is experiencing its largest Covid-19 wave yet, will set aside a 90-minute window just for voters with the coronavirus to cast their ballots at polling stations next month. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago With cases soaring, South Korea is giving up on widespread monitoring of people with Covid. “We must use our limited resources more effectively, focusing on preventing high-risk patients from getting seriously ill or dying,” the health minister said. nyti.ms
@guardian 3 years ago South Korea’s nose-only ‘kosk’ mask for Covid-safe eating raises eyebrows theguardian.com
@WSJ 3 years ago As Omicron has rapidly taken over as the dominant variant of the coronavirus in South Africa and the U.K., scientists are beginning to piece together what gives it its evolutionary advantage. on.wsj.com
@guardian 3 years ago Covid news live: South Korea to reimpose dining curfews; South Africa reports daily cases record theguardian.com