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SEOUL, April 2 — South Korea will allow coronavirus patients to vote by mail or as absentees in parliamentary elections this month, as a two-week campaign kicked off on Thursday in a country grappling with a steady rise in new infections. Voters go to the polls on April 15 to elect 300 members of...

Thursday, 02 Apr 2020 05:44 PM MYT

SEOUL, April 2 — South Korea will allow coronavirus patients to vote by mail or as absentees in parliamentary elections this month, as a two-week campaign kicked off on Thursday in a country grappling with a steady rise in new infections. Roughly 4,000 patients receiving treatment will be able to case ballots by mail or absentee voting ahead of time, Interior Minister Chin Young said.

The two-week campaign launched with candidates wearing masks and shunning handshakes and large rallies.

 

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