South Korea tightens gatherings and expands vaccine pass amid record spike and Omicron

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Another day, another unwanted record – with South Korea’s number of critically ill COVID-19 patients reaching a high of 736. And although the latest daily infections fell just below 5,000, it is still well over double the count at the end of October, after which the government introduced its more relaxed “Living with COVID-19” plan. We also have to factor in the emergency of the Omicron variant, 6 cases of which have been confirmed in Korea and counting, while the number of Seoul’s daily COVID-19 infections has remained above 2,000 for three straight days. So, how is the government responding?

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