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South Korea will extend its social distancing curbs by two weeks as the government contends with outbreaks nationwide and more people fall severely ill, prime minister Kim Boo-kyum said on Friday.

The government tightened restrictions last week across most of the country ahead of the country’s peak summer holiday period.

China reported its highest daily Covid-19 count in its current outbreak of the Delta variant, reporting 124 new cases on Thursday, including 80 local transmissions, reports helen Davidson in Taiwan.

It also confirmed 54 asymptomatic infections, which Chinese authorities count separately to symptomatic cases.

As long as local authorities strictly implement various prevention and control measures, I think the epidemic will be largely under control within two to three incubation periods.

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