An employee takes a break outside a shop amid the coronavirus disease pandemic in SeoulSEOUL - South Korea recorded 1,100 new coronavirus cases for July 11, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said on Monday, as the country's toughest anti-COVID curbs take effect in Seoul in an attempt to quell its worst-ever outbreak.
Starting on Monday, the government has imposed the strictest level of social distancing in Seoul and neighbouring areas for the first time, including a ban on gatherings of more than two people after 6 p.m. But health authorities have expressed concerns over the rising number of young patients who have not yet received vaccine shots, and the spread of the highly contagious Delta variant in recent outbreaks.
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