😷 For almost two years, South Korea was a flagbearer for aggressively suppressing Covid-19. But this year, the country has led the world in new infections, with a dramatic surge in cases
For almost two years, South Korea was a flagbearer for aggressively suppressing Covid-19. But this year the country has instead led the world in new infections, with a dramatic surge in cases that saw roughly one per cent of its population testing positive on a single day.The highly infectious variant finally defeated the country's sophisticated contact-tracing system, while funeral parlours in some densely populated cities have extended operating hours as they struggle to tackle a backlog.
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