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. Declaring that the COVID-19 is an endemic disease, the government downgraded the COVID-19 crisis status from "serious," the highest level, to "alert." With the alert level lowered, the COVID-19 isolation period of seven days has been shortened to five days and is no longer comp