SEOUL - South Korea on Saturday (Aug 15) placed stricter social distancing guidelines on the greater Seoul area after daily new Covid-19 cases in the country reached a five-month high of 166, as transmissions in and around the capital continue to spread at an alarming rate, Yonhap news agency reported.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - South Korea on Saturday placed stricter social distancing guidelines on the greater Seoul area after daily new Covid-19 cases in the country reached a five-month high of 166, as transmissions in and around the capital continue to spread at an alarming rate, Yonhap news agency reported.
The number of new cases was the most since March 11, when the country reported 242 new daily infections during the height of a mass outbreak in Daegu and a cluster originating from a call centre building in Seoul. The country as a whole has been on"Level 1" social distancing since May 6, which allows citizens to carry out their economic and social activities under quarantine rules.
The KCDC has warned that the greater Seoul area is teetering on the brink of another spike in virus cases and that the easing of social distancing guidance may be rolled back if the upward trend continues. It was also reported that 31 residents in a town in Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi Province, were also infected with Covid-19.
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