South Korea’s more than 100,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 for a third straight day bring the total to 1.9 million amid the easing of curfew measures for some businesses. The latter affects the sales of small traders.
On February 20, 2022, The Korea Time news agency reported that the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) reported 104,829 new cases of COVID-19 in South Korea in the past 24 hours. Daily exceeded 100,000 for the third day in a row, resulting in a cumulative number of infections of 1,962,837.
As the death toll increased by 51, bringing the cumulative death toll to 7,405 with a mortality rate of 0.38%.
The number of new cases in South Korea has been rising in the past few weeks. Due to the rapid spread of omikron species The number of daily infections nearly doubled in just one week.
Although the new virus has spread widely. But the South Korean government decided to relax the curfew for businesses on Feb. 18. by allowing restaurants and cafes It is open until 10 p.m. from 9 p.m., but gatherings are still limited to no more than six people, the measure is effective until March 13, while some experts disagree. easing measures Amid concerns about the spread of the virus
This government decision It comes after strong opposition from small traders and self-employed professionals. who viewed that protracted disease prevention measures resulted in lower sales
As for the number of vaccinations against COVID-19 in South Korea, 44.3 million people have received complete doses of vaccine, or 86.3 percent of the population, while 30.46 million people have received booster shots, or a hundred. 59.4 each of the population
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