S. Korea lifts most COVID-19 restrictions
Jun 1, 2023
South Korea lifted nearly all its COVID-19 restrictions Thursday, including the isolation mandate for COVID-19 patients, as the country lowered the COVID-19 crisis level from the top level on Thursday. On May 11, President Yoon Suk Yeol declared that the government would downgrade the status of the COVID-19 crisis from "serious," the highest level, to "alert," starting from Thursday, June 1. With the alert level lowered, the COVID-19 isolation period of seven days has been sh