Seoul — South Korea health authorities said on Wednesday they have no immediate plans to reinstate strict social-distancing rules despite a fresh coronavirus outbreak in the capital Seoul.

Officials have scrambled to trace and test thousands of people over the past week after a cluster of new infections linked to nightclubs and bars in Seoul’s Itaewon district raised fears of a second wave outbreak...

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