S. Korea lifts indoor mask mandate as cases fall to seven-month low

Starting Jan 30, people can visit most places, including schools, kindergartens and gyms, without masks. - Reuters

SEOUL (The Korea Herald/Asia News Network): South Korea on Monday(Jan 30) lifted most mandatory indoor mask-wearing rules after more than two years amid a recent Covid-19 downtrend, with infections for the day falling to the lowest level in about seven months.

Starting Monday, people can visit most places, including schools, kindergartens and gyms, without masks, as the government lifted the indoor mask mandate that had been enforced since October 2020.