South Koreans will be required to wear masks when using public transportation and taxis nationwide starting tomorrow as health authorities look for more ways to slow the spread of the virus as people increase their public activities, according to AP.

Health ministry official Yoon Taeho said masks also will be enforced on all domestic and international flights from Wednesday.

From June, owners of high-risk facilities such as bars, clubs, gyms, karaoke rooms and concert halls will be required to use smartphone QR codes to register customers so they could be tracked down more easily when infections occur.

"Until treatments and vaccines are developed, we will never know when the Covid-19 crisis could end, and until then we will have to learn how to live with [it]," Yoon said.