It becomes the first country with 10,000-plus infections to report a day with zero new local cases.
, South Korea had a day with no new local COVID-19 diagnoses on Thursday, a result of an aggressive strategy for handling the outbreak which included mass rapid testing and comprehensive digitally-enabled contact tracing.... [+]KEY FACTS
On Thursday, the Korean Centres for Disease Control reported zero new local COVID-19 cases, four imported cases and one death, bringing the country'swith upwards of 10,000 cases to report a day with zero new local infections since coronavirus permeated its borders. South Korea hasa comprehensive testing and contact tracing strategy that has enabled it to successfully curb the spread of coronavirus without a strict lockdown, according to the Guardian.
This is particularly notable as the country held its parliamentary election earlier in April with voters required to wear masks and gloves to cast ballots—showing that sanitary precautions can allow public life to continue without mass fatality.
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