South Korea mulls stricter social distancing as Covid-19 spike continues

South Korean authorities will consider tighter social distancing restrictions on Sunday to clamp down on economic activities after last week saw the fastest spread of infections since the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun is to meet with health authority officials at 3pm (2pm Malaysian time) to decide whether virus curbs need to be tightened further to slow transmissions, Yonhap News said.