South Korea is expanding its current social distancing measures by at least another two weeks, amid efforts to slow the COVID-19 spread, AP reported.

These measures include a ban on private gatherings of five or more people across the country and a ban on dining at restaurants and bars in Seoul after 10:00 pm.

A senior health ministry official, Yoon Tae-ho, said health authorities would be checking shopping malls, restaurants, public baths over the next two weeks.