South Korea: Lee Soon-ai's baker in Seoul was flustered in the days leading up to the Lunar New Year, in contrast to the crowded scene of customers from previous years.

The "pancake alley", where Lee Soon-ai and a few others opened her shop, was unusually quiet.

Restricted measures to prevent the spread of nCoV in Korea from the end of the Lunar New Year, including a ban on gathering of 4 or more people and eating and drinking at restaurants in Seoul after 9pm, resulting in business results.

"Patrons usually order 100,000 won ($ 90) worth of pancakes during the holiday season, but now they only buy 30,000 won or nothing," she said.

Lee Soon-ai opened a store in the 1990s and often buys up to 400 boxes of eggs to make cakes during the holiday season.

However, for some people, the Lunar New Year without crowded people also has a positive side.

Covid-19 broke out in December 2019, appeared in 219 countries and territories with nearly 108 million cases, more than 2.3 million deaths and nearly 80 million people recovered.