With the majority of the 1,212 new cases as of midnight Tuesday coming from densely populated Seoul, officials extended movement curbs in the capital and surrounding regions for at least another week and are considering pushing restrictions back up to the highest level.
Kim urged people in that demographic to get tested preemptively "to protect not just yourself, but everyone in your family, friends, school and the country." The daily caseload was the highest since Dec. 25, when South Korea was battling a third wave of the pandemic. Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon called on the prime minister to consider expanding vaccinations to younger people, which he said would alleviate the situation.
The Korean Medical Association urged the government to refrain from any hasty decisions to ease social distancing policies with vaccinations at low levels.
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