With open borders and lax social distancing, Korea ‘playing with fire’
Social affairsApr 29, 2021
COVID-19 cases are surging and hospital beds are filling once again in South Korea, but health officials say they have no plans to reinstate harsher mitigation measures or pause reopenings. This reluctance to adopt stronger restrictions may leave the country another spike in infections, experts warn. Jeong Eun-kyeong, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency’s Commissioner, said in respo...