Seoul a ‘Covid-19 war zone’ as cases continue to soar in South Korea

South Korea’s health minister on Monday said the Seoul metropolitan area is now a “Covid-19 war zone”, as the country reported another 615 new infections and the virus appeared to be spreading faster.The president, meanwhile, issued a call to expand testing and contact tracing. The country has recorded more than 5,300 new infections in the past 10 days and Monday was the 30th day in a row of triple-digit daily jumps.Most cases have come from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, where…

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