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S. Korea shuts Seoul nightspots, churches amid virus spike

by Associated Press
| August 18, 2020 3:03 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will ban large public gatherings and shut down churches and nightspots in the greater capital area amid an alarming surge in viral infections that health officials describe as the country’s biggest crisis since the emergence of COVID-19.

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