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Mar 27, 2020 · South Korea undertook a massive public and private sector effort to fashion a national response to the pandemic. Korea’s drive-through testing gained media attention around the world and was hailed as an ingenious measure to protect healthcare workers from exposure while providing expeditious results to prospective patients.
May 2, 2022 · SEOUL, May 2 (Reuters) - South Korea has loosened rules requiring masks to be worn outdoors as COVID-19 cases drop, but many people are not taking them off yet due to pervasive Omicron...
May 2, 2022 · South Korea’s new president takes office a week from Tuesday — and his transition team says it was “premature” to end the mask mandate. Previously, incoming officials said the new administration would reach a decision on mask rules by the end of May.
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Jan 30, 2023 · South Korea on Monday scrapped a face mask mandate for most indoor public places in a major step to loosen COVID-19 rules, but many residents opted to keep wearing coverings due to...
Jan 20, 2023 · SEOUL, Jan 20 (Reuters) - South Korea will drop a face mask mandate for most indoor public places later this month, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said on Friday, though coverings will still be...
Apr 1, 2022 · With the spread of the delta variant in the summer of 2021, South Korea is experiencing the highest number of daily cases since the beginning of the pandemic. In response, the government continues to mandate strict physical distancing and mass masking, as well as rolling out the vaccination scheme.
South Korea, one of the world’s last holdouts for mask mandates, dropped its requirement for most indoor facilities except hospitals and public transit on Monday.
