South Korea recorded 4 lakh Covid Cases.

On Wednesday, South Korea reported more than 4,00,000 covid cases. According to the Health authorities, this is South Korea’s biggest single-day figure since the pandemic began two years ago. However, the country continues to ease restrictions despite the Omicron-fuelled wave of infections. In a press briefing, Sohn Young-rae, a senior health official said that The latest spike in cases is the "last biggest challenge" facing the country. He further said: "If we overcome this crisis we will step closer to returning to normalcy." The Country leads the world in newly reported cases in the last seven days, according to WHO data, with 2,358,878 cases, followed by Vietnam with 1,795,380. The majority of the eligible population of South Korea has been vaccinated and despite an enormous number of cases being reported, the death toll is still under control. The country has also continued to relax its social distancing rules, under pressure from small businesses and self-employed Koreans who say years-long Covid restrictions had pushed their businesses to the brink. South Korea is also planning to repeal the mandatory quarantine rule on arrival from outside the country from March 21.