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SEOUL (REUTERS) - South Korea has set a record for daily Covid-19 cases at 2,434, breaking the previous record set last month, as the country grapples with a wave of infections that began in early July, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said Friday (Sept 24). The mortality rate and severe cases remain relatively low and steady at 0.82 per cent and 309, respectively, helped largely by vaccinations that prioritised older people at high risk of severe Covid-19, KDCA said when reporting figures for Thursday. Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum stressed the need for virus-prevention rules to be stricter...
