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People wait to be tested at a Covid-19 testing center at the Songpa District Public Medical Center in southern Seoul on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

Sixth wave of Covid-19 gathers strength again

Newly confirmed Covid cases jumped to a three-month high on Tuesday, reversing a decline since last week.

2022.8.2

A nurse at the Seongnam Citizens Medical Center monitors Covid-19 patients inside the hospital's negative pressure ward on Monday. [YONHAP]

Covid infections on the wane, but critical numbers rise

Critically ill Covid patients continued to climb even as new infections fell below 50,000, health authorities said Monday.

2022.8.1

BA.2.75 makes its first known local transmission

Korea on Monday confirmed its first locally-transmitted case of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75, nicknamed Centaurus, the most contagious version yet.

2022.7.25

People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Mapo District, western Seoul, Monday. [YONHAP]

Fourth case of BA.2.75 Covid-19 variant confirmed in Korea

A fourth confirmed case of the BA.2.75 variant, known as Centaurus, was found in Korea Monday. The Centaurus variant is known to be more resistant to immunity than its predecessors.

2022.7.25

People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, Friday. [YONHAP]

Korea reports third case of Centaurus Covid variant

Another confirmed case of Centaurus, the BA.2.75 variant of Covid-19 which is known to be more resistant to immunity than its predecessors, was confirmed in Korea Friday. This brings the country's total to three.

2022.7.22

Travelers get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center at Incheon International Airport on Thursday.[NEWS1]

Second case of Centaurus variant detected in Korea

Korea confirmed its second case of the Omicron subvariant BA.2.75 — nicknamed Centaurus — which is known to be more resistant to immunity than its predecessors.

2022.7.21

People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, Thursday. [YONHAP]

Second case of Centaurus variant confirmed in Korea

A second case of the BA.2.75 variant of Covid-19, dubbed Centaurus, was confirmed in Korea Thursday. “An additional patient infected with the BA.2.75 variant was confirmed today,” an official of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures...

2022.7.21

People wait in line to get tested for Covid-19 at a testing center in Songpa District, southern Seoul, on Monday. [YONHAP]

Korea detects first case of Centaurus Covid subvariant

The first confirmed case of the BA.2.75 variant of Covid-19, dubbed Centaurus, was confirmed in Korea on Thursday. According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, the Centaurus variant was confirmed in a sample analysis of a man...

2022.7.14

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