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Covid 19 - Dispatch from Seoul | Elections

The parliamentary elections took place yesterday in South Korea. The government took multiple mesures to allow electors to cast their votes in the safest way. Each elector had to queue 1 meter from each other and wear a mask. Upon arrival at the door, a first temperature check was processed, then, voters had to wash their hands with sanitizer before picking a pair of disposable gloves. Only then, they were allowed inside to cast their vote.

South Korea was among the first countries to hold a national vote since the pandemic began. The party of President Moon Jae-in has won a decisive victory in those elections, with voters backing the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A candidate campaigning from a truck in Downtown Seoul

A candidate campaigning from a truck in Downtown Seoul

Voters queuing with a safety distance on election day in the Yongsan district of Seoul

Voters queuing with a safety distance on election day in the Yongsan district of Seoul

Voter being checked for body temperature before being allowed to cast his vote.

Voter being checked for body temperature before being allowed to cast his vote.

Disposable gloves are being distributed to each voters

Gloves are then being disposed after the casting process

Volunteers from the ruling party are campaigning on a street of downtown Seoul.

Volunteers from the ruling party are campaigning on a street of downtown Seoul.

A member of the conservative party finishing a campaign speech from a truck in Downtown Seoul

A conservative candidate visiting a local cafe during his campaign.

Fever checks are not only applied during this electoral process. They are also mandatory for the entrance of most major public and office building in the city.

Fever checks are not only applied during this electoral process. They are also mandatory for the entrance of most major public and office building in the city.

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