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South Korea reported 950 new coronavirus cases as of Friday midnight, the highest daily count since the peak of 909 cases reported on 29 February, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Saturday.
Reuters reports that of the new cases, 928 were locally transmitted and 22 were imported, which bring the total tally to 41,736 infections, with 578 deaths.
New Zealand and the Cook Islands have agreed to a travel arrangement, the leaders of the two countries have announced.
New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, and her Cook Islands counterpart, Mark Brown, instructed officials to put in place measures to safely recommence two-way quarantine-free travel in the first quarter of 2021.
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