{"id":4597,"date":"2020-08-20T09:59:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T02:59:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/illume-emag.com\/?p=4597"},"modified":"2020-08-20T09:59:33","modified_gmt":"2020-08-20T02:59:33","slug":"coronavirus-outbreak-threatens-south-korean-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/coronavirus-outbreak-threatens-south-korean-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus outbreak threatens South Korean capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>SEOUL \u2014 South Korea reported the highest daily rise in coronavirus cases since early March on Wednesday as an outbreak in the capital Seoul appeared to intensify.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4598 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/r-425-1597804118.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/r-425-1597804118.jpeg 1280w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/r-425-1597804118-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/r-425-1597804118-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/r-425-1597804118-696x464.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/lavyon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/r-425-1597804118-1068x712.jpeg 1068w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A woman wearing a mask walks past members of conservative civic groups who take part in an anti-government protest, as concerns over a fresh wave of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases grow, in central Seoul, South Korea, August 15, 2020. Photo: Reuters<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 297 new infections mark the sixth straight day of triple-digit increases in a country that has managed to blunt several previous outbreaks, bringing South Korea\u2019s total to 16,058 infections with 306 deaths, health officials said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Most of the new cases appeared in Seoul and the surrounding areas, raising concerns of a broader outbreak in a metropolitan area of more than 25 million people that has only seen small clusters so far.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The government ordered the closure of nightclubs, karaoke bars, buffets and cyber cafes earlier this week, banned all in-person church services, and restricted indoor and outdoor gatherings to no more than 50 and 100 people respectively.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If the numbers rise or continue at current levels, the government will likely impose the highest level of social distancing rules, under which schools are closed, businesses are advised to work from home, and gatherings limited to 10 people.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Theo Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL \u2014 South Korea reported the highest daily rise in coronavirus cases since early March on Wednesday as an outbreak in the capital Seoul appeared to intensify. A woman wearing a mask walks past members of conservative civic groups who take part in an anti-government protest, as concerns over a fresh wave of the coronavirus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[761],"tags":[1353,1087,1123,1566],"class_list":{"0":"post-4597","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-buzz","8":"tag-corona","9":"tag-coronavirus","10":"tag-covid-19","11":"tag-ncov-en"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lavyon.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}