From a stronghold against Covid-19 is admired by the world, Korea is now struggling to respond to the Delta transformation of the summer.
Opening the Nostimo restaurant in southern Seoul capital among pandemic in August last year, Park Eun-Sun had to make much more effort to attract customers, and must comply with many translation control measures.
Currently, Park faces the most stringent limited measures since the outbreak of outbreaks.
Although Korea luckily not completely blockade, our work is still greatly affected, Park said.
She and many others feel disappointed because of Korea's slow vaccine deployment campaign.
Tired medical staff at the Covid-19 test site in Seoul, South Korea.
In the first phase of epidemic, South Korea has witnessed the largest Covid-19 outbreak in the world outside China.
However, that success was retreating in the past, when more than a year later, South Korea faced the worst outbreak in early July. Nearly 1,900 new cases reported on July 28, high levels
The Korean Health Agency is concerned that the new outbreak may not be peaked, when the Delta variant is becoming the dominant in this country.
In order to control the translation, the government has imposed measures to limit Covid-19 level 4 in the capital of Seoul and the surrounding area for four weeks to August 8.
President Moon Jae-in government becomes the focus of public criticism, when many people believe that Korea has told forgotten in victory without guaranteed vaccine supply to allow the country to return to normal life
Korea is currently one of the two countries under the Economic Cooperation and Development Organization (OECD) with the lowest vaccination rate when only 13.6% of the full vaccination population, with Australia at a rate of 13.51%.
The Korean government signed an agreement to buy Astrazeneca vaccine, Pfizer and Moderna, but the situation of supply and transportation was hindering the country's deployment campaign.
Strict social ways can be avoided if the government has a longer-term approach, Shin Eui-Cheol, professor of KAIST Medical Science and Technology School, said.
In addition to the outbreak, extreme hot weather with high temperatures in the past week, making more uncomfortable people.
The measure of social distance also causes bustling streets in Seoul to be deserted, when many companies have to give employees to work at home.
At Nostimo restaurant, Park is preparing Greek dishes with many raw materials taken from a farm outside the city.
Our restaurant has attracted many Korean and foreign guests who want to enjoy authentic international cuisine without boarding plane, she said.
During the epidemic, a group of health workers also criticized the government, as they often had to work as many hours in the situation that could be infected at any time.
The doctor and nurse treating Covid-19 patients suffered a lot of stress to almost exhaustion, Park Jae-Young, doctor and editor-in-chief of Korean doctor, said.
Meanwhile, Park said that instead of looking forward to an era of postmarking, health professionals should prepare for a living with Covid-19.
Considering NCOV's characteristics such as the ability to transmit, transform and vaccination, it seems that we will live with it forever, she said.