Malaysia, South Korea break daily coronavirus case records as Asia-Pacific region grapples with omicron surge
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The region is undergoing what Western countries such as the United States, Canada and several in Europe experienced weeks ago. And as Western officials roll back preventive restrictions such as masking and social distancing, their Asian counterparts have been reluctant to do so, despite growing social pressure to ease them.
In South Korea, small-store owners held demonstrations in the capital Seoul this week. Some shaved their heads while shouting out anti-government slogans, in protest of a government-mandated 9 p.m. curfew for public venues such as bars, restaurants and cafes. The business owners packaged the hair in a box that was sent to the presidential Blue House to express their disapproval of the left-leaning administration’s pandemic policies, local media reported., which reported a record 1,203 single-day infections on Wednesday, according to WHO figures, has also had hundreds of protesters mass in its capital, Wellington.
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