South Korea has said masks will no longer be required outdoors from July for those vaccinated with at least one Covid-19 shot, Reuters reports.

The move is a bid to encourage older residents to get vaccinated as South Korea aims to immunise at least 70 per cent of its 52 million people by September, from just 7.7pc now.

People given at least one dose also will be allowed to gather in larger numbers starting June, Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum told a coronavirus response meeting. He said all quarantine measures would be adjusted in October once more than 70pc of residents had received their first dose.

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