Hospitalizations for Covid-19 in Korea have been on the rise for four straight weeks this summer, with health authorities warning that the upward trend may continue through August.
After the governing People Power Party and the majority Democratic Party finally agreed to deal with urgent livelihood-related bills on Thurday, the coronavirus started to spread fast again.
The government disbanded the central authority dedicated to Covid-19 management on Friday, marking the end of a four-year-long pandemic response.
The nation's Covid-19 response headquarters plans to shut down all of its Covid-19 testing clinics by the end of 2023, almost four years after the first clinic started operating on Jan. 20, 2020.
Korea will relax more of its quarantine measures for Covid-19 as early as next month despite the surging number of confirmed cases.
Korea reported 26,147 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, up some 2,600 from the same day the previous week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Korea reported 23,680 new Covid-19 cases Tuesday, up some 2,000 from the same day the previous week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Korea reported 7,178 new Covid-19 cases Monday, down 990 from the same day the previous week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Korea reported 19,989 new Covid-19 cases Friday, up some 8,000 from the same day the previous week, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency.
Korea declared an end to Covid-19 as a health emergency, lifting nearly all Covid-19 restrictions after three years starting June 1 and marking a de facto transition to an endemic disease.
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