MUMBAI/SEOUL: India and South Korea set unhappy coronavirus benchmarks yesterday with the former hitting more than 3 million infections and the latter recording its highest daily spike since early March. India crossed the 3 million mark with 69,239 new...
Film production and cinemas had been shut nationwide after Prime Minister Narendra Modi imposed a more than two-month long lockdown in March.
Meanwhile, in South Korea, the authorities warned the country was"on the brink of a nationwide pandemic" and tightened social distancing rules after there were 397 new infections yesterday.The majority of the new infections were in the greater Seoul region - home to half the country's 51 million people, the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.
"The situation is very grave and serious as we are on the brink of a nationwide pandemic," KCDC chief Jung Eun-kyeong told reporters.Virus curbs were tightened in the Seoul region last week and were further expanded to the rest of the country yesterday.
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