Women walk on an empty street amid tightened social distancing rules due to the pandemic in Seoul, South Korea.- Reuters
SEOUL (Reuters): South Korea has extended its social distancing curbs for two weeks to ward off a surge in coronavirus cases, while allowing vaccinated people some latitude, its prime minister said on Friday (Aug 20).
The country's fourth Covid-19 wave has shown few signs of abating six weeks after the toughest Level 4 distancing rules, which include a ban on gatherings of more than two people after 6pm were imposed in the greater Seoul area.
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