South Korea relaxes social distancing norms as coronavirus cases drop

South Korea is one of few countries that have been able to bend coronavirus curve, making itself a model for world to learn from. According to reports, South Korea on April 19 extended its lockdown for ar 15 days, but at same time also relaxed some social distancing rms, offering relief to churches and sporting events. latest relaxation means that churches in country will longer have to follow lockdown and sporting events can continue as rmal with audiences. 

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South Korea on April 15 became first country in world to conduct national elections amid global pandemic. Asian country took measures to conduct elections safely for which it set up separate polling stations for people in quarantine and asked voters to stand three feet apart from each or while casting ir ballots among or things. South Korea ramped up testing after first case was reported in country in early February. It set up testing centres at gas stations to detect cases quickly and treat m accordingly. 

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According to data by worldometer, South Korea has recorded 10,661 confirmed coronavirus cases so far, of which 234 people have lost ir lives, with 55 patients still under critical condition. re are currently 2,385 active infections in South Korea, while 8,042 have been treated successfully. 

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Coronavirus outbreak

coronavirus outbreak has infected over 2.34 million people globally and has killed over 1,60,000 patients since it first broke out in December 2019. virus is believed to have originated from a seafood market in Chinese city of Wuhan, initial epicentre of disease, where animals were reportedly being tred illegally. Currently, United States, Italy, Spain, France and United Kingdom are most affected countries in world with a recorded death toll of 14,000 and above.

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