With mandatory temperature checks on voters and other precautionary measures, South Korea is holding the national polls Wednesday despite the coronavirus threat that has infected nearly 11,000 people in the country. South Korea has made special arrangements amid the COVID-19 threat with separate booths for those with fevers and special polling stations for the quarantined. "Please go to the polling stations tomorrow and show that you are the owners of this country," he said. >> Voters asked to wear plastic gloves after cleaning their hands with sanitiser at polling stations>> Voters to keep at least one metre (three feet) distance. Coronavirus in South KoreaSouth Korea was hit by the coronavirus in the first wave, just after the outbreak in China.

Source: dna April 15, 2020 04:52 UTC