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S. Korea to remove most virus restrictions as omicron slows

A temporary COVID-19 testing center is empty in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People wearing face masks cross the Cheonggye Stream in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Medical workers wait for people at a temporary COVID-19 testing center in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People wearing face masks walk along the public area of the Cheonggye Stream in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) A temporary COVID-19 testing center is empty in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People wearing face masks cross the Cheonggye Stream in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Medical workers wait for people at a temporary COVID-19 testing center in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People wearing face masks walk along the public area of the Cheonggye Stream in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) A temporary COVID-19 testing center is empty in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People wearing face masks cross the Cheonggye Stream in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) Medical workers wait for people at a temporary COVID-19 testing center in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People wearing face masks walk along the public area of the Cheonggye Stream in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. South Korea will remove most pandemic restrictions, including indoor gathering limits, as it slowly wiggles out of an omicron outbreak officials say is stabilizing. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People wearing face masks pass by posters reminding precautions against the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) People wearing face masks pass by a poster reminding precautions against the coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
S. Korea to remove most virus restrictions as omicron slows