Free from restrictions against Covid is from today the South Korea with the country returning to normal due to the reduced number of cases from the Omicron variant. The number fell to a two-month low and fell below 50,000.
Among the measures that came is the mandatory closing of restaurants at midnight and other businesses along with a maximum of ten people for gatherings.
From next week the citizens will be allowed to eat snacks in cinemas and other public indoor areas such as stadiums.
But it remains the use of the mask is mandatory and the government plans to reconsider lifting the measure for use mask outdoors in two weeks reports the APE-MPE, citing Reuters.
The employees return to their offices
The easing comes as the number of coronavirus cases in South Korea fell to 47,743 today, the lowest level since February 9, when they hovered more than 620,000 a day in mid-March.
Some restrictions, however, will remain in place, including mandatory quarantine for unvaccinated travelers entering the country and a negative molecular test for fully vaccinated.
South Korea has largely managed to reduce the number of COVID-19 deaths and severe disease through widespread vaccination and has reduced the aggressive tracking and containment efforts due to its success in pandemic management for most of the first two years of the pandemic.
Nearly 87% of the population of 52 million people are fully vaccinated with 64% having been vaccinated with a booster dose, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Service.
In addition, based on the relaxation of measures, companies are gradually returning their employees to their offices. The government has proposed in workplaces with 300 or more employees to adopt flexible working hours and put 10% of their staff to telework.
Source: News Beast
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