The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said there were 1,132 new coronavirus cases on Friday, not far off the record 1,241 logged a day earlier. KDCA chief Jeong Eun-kyeong urged that all private gatherings be cancelled and public and religious events be held online. South Korea had largely managed to control early major outbreaks with aggressive testing and contact tracing. But critics have faulted authorities for being over-confident and failing to properly prepare for the third and largest wave. The virus likely spread easily as the prison consists of five, high-rise buildings and suffers from over-capacity, a health official said.

Source: bd News24 December 26, 2020 06:33 UTC