A set of tougher social distancing restrictions continued Monday to affect the daily lives of residents in Seoul and nearby areas, with eating at franchise bakeries and ice cream shops prohibited under a supplementary step. The government earlier extended the so-called Level 2.5 alert against COVID-19 transmissions through this weekend, as it was struggling to...Read More
Summer is in full swing amid an ever-deepening pandemic. As the virus is new, figuring out how to navigate the season safely can be daunting. Health experts share their responses to some of the popular queries about the coronavirus in the summertime. Will hot temperatures mitigate the spread? Contrary to earlier conjectures, warmer weather does...Read More
South Korea said Sunday that it will end its weekslong social distancing campaign and implement an everyday life quarantine scheme later this week as the new coronavirus outbreak has slowed. Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said during a meeting on the government’s response to COVID-19 that the everyday life quarantine scheme is set to start Wednesday,...Read More
