Despite worrying figures, Korean government does not activate emergency response

Intensive care rooms of hospital in Greater Seoul are again filled up, ever since South Korea has begun its normal life. Even though the figures are increasing the government is not activating the emergency action plan. The action plan will require restoring of social distancing rules and lifting...

S. KOREAN GOVT. TO INTRODUCE NEW COVID-19 SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES

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• S. Korean govt. to introduce new COVID-19 social distancing rules.
• The new guidelines will be implemented in July if the country records less than 1,000 cases a day.
• S. Korean health authorities aim to vaccinate 12 millio...

S. KOREAN GOVT. TO BAN EATING AT 21 TYPES OF PUBLIC PLACE FROM MONDAY

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• S. Korean govt. to ban eating at 21 types of public place from Monday.
• The violators will be fined $88 starting April 5.
• The govt. extended the current Level 2 social distancing rules in Seoul’s densely populated ar...

HONG KONG TO LOWER SOCIAL GATHERING TO FOUR AHEAD OF VACCINE PROGRAM

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• Hong Kong's social get-together points will be cut-off from two to four individuals on Wednesday as the city's fourth rush of Covid-19 diseases facilitates. The new standards will produce results at 12 PM

Considering the requ...

S. KOREAN GOVT. EASES RESTRICTIONS ON RESTAURANTS, GYMS, CAFÉ

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• S. Korean govt. eases restrictions on restaurants, gyms, café.
• The restrictions have been eased for areas located outside greater Seoul.
• The above establishments will be allowed to stay open until 10 p.m from Monda...

S. KOREA ANNOUNCES EXTENSION OF SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES FOR 2 MORE WEEKS

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• S. Korea announces extension of social distancing measures for 2 more weeks.
• The measure has been taken to prevent infections around the Lunar New Year holiday.
• The Greater Seoul area will continue to maintain Level 2.5 m...

LEVEL 2.5 MEASURES EXTEDED FOR TWO MORE WEEKS IN SOUTH KOREA

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• Level 2.5 measures extended for two more weeks in South Korea.
• However, the extension will bring certain ease in restrictions on cafés, gyms, and other indoor facilities.
• In the capital, restaurants, cafes will be ...

PRISON FACILITIES IN SOUTH KOREA TO FOLLOW LEVEL 3 SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES

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• Prison facilities in South Korea to follow level 3 social distancing measures.
• South Korea imposed the highest-tier social distancing measures.
• Meetings with lawyers will be restricted and all staff will work on a reduced...

THAI FESTIVITIES FOR NEWYEAR WILL BE ALLOWED, AS AUTHORITIES ARE CHARTING OUT PLANS TO CONTAIN INFECTION SPREAD

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• All territories are Covid free for vacationers and individuals can celebrate the New Year festivities, with nearby contaminations at a Bangkok clinic and imported cases from Tachilek all leveled out, the Disease Control Department reported on Tuesday<...

SOUTH KOREA’S DAILY NEW CASES SOAR TO UNHERALDED HIGH OF 1000 FOR FIRST TIME

• South Korea’ daily COVID-19 cases exceeded 1,000 for the first time on Sunday, the highest total since the start of the coronavirus outbreak here in January, as the government’s antivirus restrictions appear to be heading nowhere.
• Calling the prevailing situation &l...

SOCIAL DISTANCING RULES MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR RESTAURANT BUSINESSES TO THRIVE DURING PEAK SEASON OF CHRISTMAS

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• Hong Kong will face stringent social practices in wake of containing the heightened cases causing a rapid fall in catering industries as 1000 hotels will close down

Many public utility services like gyms, healthcare, beauty, and mass...

S KOREA COVID-19 CASES SHOW NO RESPITE NEARING 700 DESPITE ENHANCED SOCIAL DISTANCING

• South Korea's new virus cases reached as high as 700 on Wednesday on surging community infections despite the heightened social distancing measures.
• The country registered 686 fresh virus cases, including 662 home-grown ones, increasing the total caseload to 39,432, accordi...

HONG KONG CORONA VIRUS SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES TO GET STRINGENT, SAYS CARRIE LAM

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• Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has said the public authority will boycott eateries once more, as the city looks to fix social separating measures in an offer to check the most recent rush of the Covid-19 flare-up

Addressing cor...

SEOUL: FEARING OVERSATURATION OF HEALTH SYSTEM STRICTER SOCIAL DISTANCING ENFORCED ALBEIT LATE

• The second-wave of social distancing rules in South Korea’s COVID-19 playbook which are stricter in truest sense will be imposed across the Seoul metropolitan area for the next three weeks from Tuesday, the government said Sunday.
• The Minister of Health and Welfare Park N...

SOUTH KOREA’S FOOD DELIVERY MARKET ONE AMONGST THE BEST IN THE WORLD

• Jungkook of BTS fame could not have explained the question of diet and choice of food more marvellously, when put forth the question.
• He was all praises for the Korean online food delivery system. He said that with a few taps on his mobile, he is served the best food in town an...

SEOUL PREPARING FOR THE WORST TILL YEAR END WITH RESTRICTIONS, DISTANCING IN FULL DISPLAY

• Rallies with at no more than 10 individuals will be disallowed in Seoul until the year's end, as an integral component of revalidated  social separating measures applied by the Seoul Metropolitan Government, it stated, Monday.
• These measures are in accordance with the ...

STRICT REIN ON DISTANCING AS COVID-19 CASE-LOADS CROSS 200 IN SEOUL

• South Korea is set to implement a new social distancing scheme in the greater Seoul area.
• It plans raising the social distancing scheme in the greater Seoul area by one notch to bring down the upward trend of coronavirus infections as the number of new cases swayed above 200 fo...

WINTER PERILOUS AS COVID-19 CASES RISE IN S KOREA AMIDST RELAXED CONTROLS

• Health officials once again coaxed people into continuing exercising precaution on Friday as the number of daily new infections came forth with its highest tally since early September.
• Korea on Thursday performed 11,639 tests and affirmed 191 additional cases - 162 local transm...

KOREAN GOVERNMENT TO HARBOR INSIGNIFICANT SOCIAL DISTANCING LEVELS UNWINDING CONSEQUENCES

• South Korea will upkeep Level 1 social distancing regulations under a revised five-tier scheme as the average daily number of new cases remains below 100 this week, the health authority said Friday.
• The newly set up five-tier scheme, which takes effect Saturday, breaks the curr...

SOUTH KOREA GETS BACK INTO FIVE-TIER MODE ON BACK OF 118 COVID-19 CASELOADS

• South Korea's new coronavirus infections yet again recoiled to over 100 three days after rising by two digits Wednesday as random cluster infections from hospitals and informal gatherings continued with their aggression.
• The country significantly contributed with 118 more C...