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South Korea extends intensive social distancing to reach 50 daily coronavirus cases
SEOUL: South Korea said on Saturday (Apr 4) it will extend its intensive social distancing campaign scheduled to end on Monday by two weeks in a bid to curb the rate of coronavirus infections to around 50 a day.
The country has largely managed to bring under control Asia’s largest epidemic outside China with around 100 or fewer new daily cases. But smaller outbreaks in churches, hospitals and nursing homes, as well as infections among travellers, continue to emerge.
This week, the government has been gauging whether it should extend a 15-day intensive social distancing policy it implemented on Mar 21, under which high-risk facilities were urged to close and religious, sports and entertainment gatherings were banned.
Explore: Interactive map of all the confirmed cases reported around the world
But it is “too early to be at ease”, Health Minister Park Neung-hoo said, citing a recent spike in
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Americans urged to wear masks as virus toll mounts around world
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COVID-19: Singapore makes ‘decisive move’ to close most workplaces and impose full home-based learning for schools, says PM Lee
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China mourns thousands who died in country’s coronavirus epidemic
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ERP charges to be suspended at all gantries alongside COVID-19 workplace closures
SINGAPORE: Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) charges will be suspended at all gantries across Singapore from Monday on expectations that traffic will be significantly reduced following the closure of schools and most workplaces next week.Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong...