SKorea fears big wave of new Covid-19 cases

By Associated Press

Jul 04, 2021 12:45 am

SEOUL: South Korea has reported 826 new cases of the coronavirus, its biggest daily jump in about six months, as fears grow about another huge wave of the virus in the greater capital area.

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said Friday that 633 of the cases came from the Seoul metropolitan area, home to half of the country's 51 million people, where officials pushed back an easing of social distancing measures as infections soared over the past week.

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