SEOUL (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 09th July, 2022) More than 19,000 people have been infected with COVID-19 in South Korea over the past 24 hours, which marks a new wave of coronavirus in the country, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Friday, adding that the government also plans to take preventive measures against the spread of monkeypox.
Health authorities say the country is facing "another wave of COVID-19."
According to the KDCA, 19,323 new COVID-19 cases have been registered over the past day, bringing the total number of cases to almost 18.5 million, with 24,605 deaths.
South Korea is set to introduce tougher measures to contain the COVID-19 outbreak by next week.
Health authorities are also taking steps to detect possible cases of monkeypox. From July 11, testing will be available in all regions of the country.
Earlier in June, the first case of monkeypox was confirmed in South Korea.
