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South Korea shelves plans to ease Covid-19 measures due to high case count, Omicron

November 30, 2021
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SEOUL – South Korea said on Monday (Nov 29) it has shelved plans to further relax Covid-19 curbs due to the strain on its healthcare system from rising hospitalisation and death rates, as well as the threat posed by the new Omicron variant.

President Moon Jae-in said the crisis had deepened and called for a united response to prevent the variant from entering the country, including the mobilisation of more personnel and tightening contact tracing.

“Numbers for new confirmed cases, severe cases and deaths are all on the rise and hospital bed capacity is tighter,” Mr Moon told a special Covid-19 response meeting.

This month, South Korea lifted restrictions on operating hours for restaurants and cafes.

It was going to lift limits on hours for bars and clubs as well as allow parties of up to 100 people from Dec 13 and then scrap all limits on gatherings by mid-February – but those plans are now on hold.

South Korean hospitals are treating 629 patients with severe Covid-19 and at least 1,200 are waiting for beds to free up in Seoul and its surrounding areas, Health Minister Kwon Deok-cheol said, urging the public to get tested and get booster shots.

South Korea has not yet detected any case of Omicron, which is potentially more transmissible and has been described by the World Health Organisation as posing a “very high” global risk.

The country is restricting arrivals from South Africa and seven other nations over concern about the new variant.

There were 3,309 new Covid-19 cases logged in South Korea for Sunday – down from a record high of 4,116 marked last week but still much greater than levels of around 2,000 before restrictions on cafes and restaurants were eased this month.

It has had 444,200 cases and 3,580 deaths since the pandemic began. Almost 80 per cent of its population of 52 million is fully vaccinated.

ALSO READ: South African doctor says patients with Omicron variant have ‘very mild’ symptoms

This article was first published in Asia One . All contents and images are copyright to their respective owners and sources.

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