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SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea reported 1,600 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday (July 15), a slight drop from the record number the previous day, as it battles to contain an outbreak on board a military anti-piracy vessel operating overseas. The country tightened social distancing rules across most of the country on Wednesday, when it reported a record number of 1,615 infections, to tackle its worst-ever outbreak of coronavirus. Outbreaks had previously been largely centred in the capital Seoul and neighbouring areas, but cases have spread to non-metropolitan areas, adding to worries about the highly contagious Delta variant and a slowing...
