South Korea's total COVID-19 cases top 10 million as crematoria, funeral homes overwhelmed

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Description (Dublin Core)

This is a story by Channel News Asia about the ongoing issues with funeral homes in South Korea. This article says that in Seoul, 28 crematoria are operating at 114.2% capacity, while other crematoria around the country are operating at 83%. For the past two week, the number of critically ill patients has been hovering above 1,000; but it could get to 2,000 by early April. To combat this, the federal government has approved the use of Merck & Co's COVID-19 treatment pill. The pill is branded as Lageviro and is the second antiviral to be authorized in South Korea after Pfizer's Paxlovid. This pill, however, is only approved for adults 18 and above. The government is hoping that actions such as these will help limit the crowdedness in funeral homes and hospitals.

Date (Dublin Core)

March 23, 2022

Creator (Dublin Core)

Reuters

Event Identifier (Dublin Core)

HST580

Partner (Dublin Core)

Arizona State University

Type (Dublin Core)

Text story

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/covid-19-south-korea-cases-top-10-million-crematoria-funeral-homes-overwhelmed-2580841

http://web.archive.org/web/20220404164725/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/covid-19-south-korea-cases-top-10-million-crematoria-funeral-homes-overwhelmed-2580841

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English News coverage

English Public Health & Hospitals

English Cities & Suburbs

English Government Federal

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

South Korea

Lageviro

funeral

Seoul

death

federal government

Paxlovid

Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)

South Korea

government

funeral home

pill

Lageviro

Paxlovid

cremation

hospital

Collection (Dublin Core)

Deathways

Healthcare

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

HST 580 Professional Experience/Archives course

Curatorial Notes (Dublin Core)

Ashley Hampton

Contributor wanted to remain anonymous. Added Event identifier and partner. Added hyperlink, added permalink. Added item to Deathways and Healthcare collection, AH, 04/04/2022

Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

04/03/2022

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

04/04/2022

04/05/2022

08/02/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

03/23/2022

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Covid 19

This item was submitted on April 3, 2022 by [anonymous user] using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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