Parents wearing face masks as a precaution against the coronavirus pray during a special service to wish for their children's success in the upcoming college entrance exam on Thursday, Dec. 3, at the Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. - AP
SEOUL (Korea Herald/ANN): The South Korean government once again defied its own Covid-19 blueprint and decided against moving up to a higher level of social distancing despite recent metrics that support more intensive intervention.
In announcing the decision to remain in third tier of the 5-tier social distancing system, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said in Sunday's (Nov 29) emergency press conference that "excessive controls will lead to other sorts of losses that will ultimately be suffered by the people."
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