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South Korea reported a record 621,328 new daily Covid-19 cases, and a daily record 429 deaths, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Thursday, amid a wave of Omicron infections.South Korea leads the world in newly reported cases in the last seven days, according to WHO data.The vast …

One protester drove a car towards a New Zealand police line, narrowly avoiding officers, while other protesters sprayed officers with a stinging substance, police said Tuesday, as they tightened a cordon around a convoy that has been camped outside Parliament for two weeks.The clashes in the capital of Wellington came …

Major Asian economies, including South Korea, Singapore and Indonesia, have seen a rapid increase in coronavirus cases as the highly infectious Omicron variant continues to tear through the region.South Korea on Wednesday reported a daily record of 90,443 new Covid-19 cases, marking a drastic surge from 57,177 a day before …

South Korea’s daily count of new coronavirus cases topped 8,000 for the first time on Tuesday, as the highly infectious Omicron variant, which became dominant last week, spreads rapidly despite the recent extension of strict social-distancing rules to slow infection.The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 8,571 cases for …

South Korea will soon roll out a pilot project to use artificial intelligence, facial recognition and thousands of CCTV cameras to track the movement of people infected with the coronavirus, despite concerns about the invasion of privacy.The nationally funded project in Bucheon, one of the country’s most densely populated cities …