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At the beginning of the pandemic, South Korea was considered an exemplary country in the fight against the pandemic, where society adheres to social distance and other requirements.
However, when the virus resumed in and around the capital Seoul, President Moon Jae-in was forced to apologize to the public for his government’s inability to control the outbreak.
On Saturday, after announcing some 950 new cases of COVID-19, he called the aid “very serious.” It is true that already on Sunday, Saturday’s anti-record was “improved”, and 1,002 local cases of coronavirus were registered in the country, 786 of them in Seoul and its suburbs.
In recent days, South Korea has registered between 500 and 600 cases a day, but the number of new cases has increased dramatically, despite stricter social distance requirements earlier this week.
The strictest restrictions include a ban on gatherings of more than 50 people and allowing cafes to operate only on the principle of taking food and drink. Restaurants must also close after 21:00.
True, officials said Saturday that it might be necessary to further toughen these restrictions and close schools, ban gatherings of more than 10 people and instruct all employees to work remotely.
South Korea was one of the first countries to start a COVID-19 outbreak outside of China, but it managed to control the outbreak quickly.
South Korea has not been subject to strict quarantine like Europe or the rest of the world.
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