End to nearly all COVID-19 restrictions
President Yoon Suk Yeol (C) speaks during a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters about measures to deal with the coronavirus pandemic at the presidential office in Seoul on May 11, 2023. Yoon said the seven-day mandatory isolation period for COVID-19 patients will be reduced to a recommendation of five days and the indoor mask mandate will be lifted everywhere except for hospitalized patients' rooms, with the national crisis level for COVID-19 to be lowered from "serious" to "alert." (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
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