All casinos in South Korea’s Seoul metropolitan area, including Incheon, are required with effect from 12am on Tuesday (November 24) to suspend operation due to an uptick in Covid-19 cases in that part of the country.
As of 12am on Monday, South Korea had 271 new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours, taking the country’s confirmed tally to 31,004, including 509 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health and Welfare.
Greater Seoul’s weekly average for new Covid-19 cases from November 15 to 21 had been 175.1, over twice that of the week before. Nationally, the number of daily cases had been over 300 from November 17 to 21.
As a result of the Seoul figure, the country’s Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters decided to tighten so-called social distancing protocols in that region, from what is known in South Korea as “Level 1.5”, to “Level 2”.
Level 1.5 social distancing applies if the weekly average is over 100 cases in the metropolitan area, and Level 2, if over 200. The authorities decided however on earlier tightening of restrictions
The Level 2 protocol also means suspension in greater Seoul, of bicycle-, horse-, and boat-races from Tuesday. In South Korea, locals can put bets on approved such events.
Seoul metropolitan area had been at Level 2 from September 14 to October 11; then Level 1 from October 12 to November 18; followed by Level 1.5 from November 19 until now.
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