The policy will, however, remain in place at hospitals, pharmacies and public transportation. theSun theSundaily health disease virus Covid19 SouthKorea
: South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck Soo said Friday that South Korea plans to lift the mask mandate for most indoor spaces from Jan 30, dropping its last remaining pandemic restriction as the daily caseload continues to decline.
The government said earlier it could scrap the indoor mask mandate in phases if at least two of four criteria are met. Those criteria are a downward trend in new infections, a drop in critically ill cases and deaths, strong medical response capabilities and a high vaccination rate among high-risk groups.
He explained three of the four criteria, excluding high vaccination rate among high-risk groups, have been met and that external risk factors were controllable.
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