South Korea Widens Vaccine Pass Requirement

South Korea Widens Vaccine Pass Requirement
People walk under a Christmas light display at a shopping district in central Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 1, 2021. Kim Hong-ji/Reuters
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SEOUL—South Korea announced on Friday that people visiting restaurants and cinemas and other public spaces will have to show vaccine passes, amid a surge in COVID-19 infections and six confirmed cases of the Omicron variant.

The government also re-imposed limits on private gatherings, which had been recently relaxed, as the country posted record numbers of new cases this week.