South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun speaks during an emergency meeting on Covid-19 response in Seoul, South Korea on December 12. He posted the warning on his verified Facebook account as he held an emergency meeting to discuss surging coronavirus cases on Saturday. South Korea was widely praised as a Covid-19 success story, and initially managed to keep the pandemic largely under control. Currently the national alert level in South Korea is under Level 2 which is the third highest level. Alert levels in South Korea range from 1, which denotes the least concerning situation, to 3 signifying the situation requires toughest measure.

Source: CNN December 12, 2020 05:03 UTC