SEOUL (BLOOMBERG) - Cafes bustled with customers, parks teemed with sunbathers, and the first Apple store to reopen outside China had lines snaking out the door as many South Koreans - almost all wearing masks - emerged from months of self-isolation.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - Cafes bustled with customers, parks teemed with sunbathers, and the first Apple store to reopen outside China had lines snaking out the door as many South Koreans - almost all wearing masks - emerged from months of self-isolation.
"I came out for the first time in many days for a date with my girlfriend," said Mr Kim Ji-hoon, 28, who was coming out of a crowded restaurant along one of Seoul's more fashionable Garosu-gil road. FAMILY PICNICS At Han River park in Seoul's Banpo district, families - also in masks - were having picnics as children ran around, roller-bladed and flew kites. The parking lot was full and cars were lining up to find a space. Banker Shin Bo-ram decided to venture out on Saturday with his wife and two kids, who were"tired" of being indoors after schools were closed.
"We did pretty well in prevention - that's finding the patients and taking quarantine measures - thanks to our prior experience with Mers outbreak," said Prof Kim Yoon, who specialises in health policy and management at Seoul National University's College of Medicine, referring to the 2015 outbreak that killed 38 Koreans.
Like many restaurants and stores in the country, Apple required customers to wear a mask, stand two metres, or six feet apart while waiting in line and have their temperatures checked before entering.
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