South Koreans told to cut holiday travel, work remotely amid rising Covid-19 wave | Malay Mail

SEOUL, Aug 13 ― Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum urged South Koreans today to minimise holiday travel and asked companies to show flexibility in letting people work from home amid a worsening fourth wave of Covid-19 infections and a shortage of vaccines in the country.

“There have been many workplace clusters recently,” Kim told a televised speech. “Please make sure the employees returning to work to check for symptoms like fever.” Priority vaccinations for the elderly helped the country to keep its mortality rate low at 0.97 per cent as of Thursday, but severe and critical Covid-19 patients have been on the rise, prompting authorities to mandate hospitals to provide more ICU beds.

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