South Korea has unveiled a three-phase strategy to get back to normal from the coronavirus with all limits on gatherings and distancing gone by February after it achieved a goal of vaccinating 70 per cent of its people on the weekend, according to Reuters.

The scheme begins next Monday and is due to run until Feb. 20, by when all distancing curbs will be scrapped except for mask-wearing mandates, a government health panel said.

In the first phase of the plan, all operating-hour curbs on restaurants, cafes and other businesses will be dropped, though nightclubs will still have to close by midnight.

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