South Korea to consider new curbs seeing as COVID-19 cases strike nine-month high
06 December, 2020
South Korea on Sunday (Dec 6) reported 631 new coronavirus situations, the best in nine months, before an expected federal government decision on whether to further tighten public distancing curbs as overall health authorities struggle to contain the third wave of outbreaks.
After implementing tighter constraints on Saturday, the federal government is to decide on Sunday whether to impose the latest measures in a country that had seen initial success through aggressive contact tracing and other steps.
The new cases take the country's tally to 37,546, with 545 deaths, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported.
Many of the recent circumstances have already been centered in the capital city of Seoul, which on Saturday launched unprecedented curfews, shuttering most establishments and outlets at 9 pm for 14 days and reducing public transportation operations by 30 % in the evenings.
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