South Korea warns against lax distancing as daily Covid-19 count hits one-month high

South Korea's Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun warned against loosening enforcement of social distancing rules after the number of new coronavirus cases hit the highest levels in nearly 40 days.

The government relaxed distancing curbs starting this week, after getting on top of the third wave of Covid-19 outbreaks that peaked at about 1,200 daily cases in late December...