SEOUL – Gyms in this city and its surrounding region have been told not to play music with a tempo higher than 120 beats per minute, in order to limit the spread of coronavirus disease 2019.
Treadmills will be limited to a maximum of six kilometers per hour.
Health officials said the restrictions will prevent people from breathing too fast or splashing sweat on each other.
South Korea is battling a new outbreak of the virus, with 1,100 new cases recorded on Sunday.
Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum warned on Friday that the country had reached “maximum crisis level.”(BBC)
