S. Korea’s new daily cases could hit over 2,000, delta variant spreading fast
Jul 15, 2021, 09:06 am
People queue in line to wait to get coronavirus testing in a testing center in Seoul on July 14, 2021./ Source: Yonhap
AsiaToday reporter Park Ah-ram
While South Korea has entered a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic with daily new cases above 1,000 for days, Cheong Wa Dae reported its first COVID-19 infection among its staffers on Wednesday, putting on emergency alert within the presidential office. Experts pointed out the government’s failure to tighten quarantine policy and called for stronger measures.
South Korea reported a new daily record of 1,615 cases on Wednesday, raising the country’s accumulated caseload to 171,911, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA). The daily figure marks the largest since the nation reported its first confirmed case on January 20 last year. Of the new cases, 1,568 were local transmissions and 47 were fro
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