Korea disease control and prevention agency English news | Korea disease control and prevention agency, Latest News & Live Updates in English | English News (Latest English News) at Lokmattimes.com

Seoul, Dec 6 The risk level of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Korea's capital area over the past week has been at the highest level for two weeks in a row, health authorities said on Monday.Earlier, South Korea introduced a new five-tier assessment system to evaluate the risk level of Covid-19 on a weekly basis that is used to decide whether to further ease virus restrictions under its three-phase "living with Covid-19" scheme, which began on November 1, reports Yonhap News Agency.If the risk level reaches the fourth degree or higher, the government is supposed to carry out an "emergency evaluation" of the pandemic situation for the potential enforcement of contingency plans while halting the relaxed curbs.The level for the greater Seoul area, which includes Seoul and the surrounding Gyeonggi province, came to the fifth, the top level, for two weeks in a row, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).The KDCA said the other parts of South Korea have remained at the third highest degree for three consecutive weeks.It added that said such level indicates medical capacity has been strained beyond its limit.South Korea's quarantine efforts have stood at a critical juncture as it has seen a surge in Covid-19 related deaths and critically ill patients.On Monday, the country added 4,325 new Covid-19 infections, raising the total caseload to 477,358, the KDCA said.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Korea Disease Control And Prevention AgencyFOLLOW

Korea disease control and prevention agency, Latest News

South Korea on Monday confirmed its first two deaths linked to the Omicron COVID-19 variant amid rising worry about the highly transmissible variant. ...

Seoul, Jan 3 Two deaths in connection with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were reported in South Korea ... ...

Seoul, Dec 20 South Korea's new coronavirus cases fell below 6,000 for the first time in six days ... ...

Seoul, Dec 18 South Korea's new Covid-19 cases stayed above 7,000 for the fourth consecutive day on Saturday ... ...

Seoul, Dec 17 South Korea is considering sending Covid-19 booster shots to its troops abroad, officials said on ... ...

Seoul, Dec 15 South Korea has registered a record high new daily Covid-19 cases as the eased anti-virus ... ...

Seoul, Dec 9 South Korean health authorities said on Thursday that it will administer Covid-19 booster shot to ... ...

Seoul, Dec 6 The risk level of the Covid-19 pandemic in South Korea's capital area over the past ... ...