South Korea’s fifth largest city, Daejeon, is going back to stricter social distancing measures after clusters of coronavirus cases.

The country has actually just reported its lowest number of new infections in nearly a month, with 17 cases reported in the past 24 hours, six of them from overseas.

But officials are still concerned about sporadic outbreaks, particularly in the city of Daejeon, around 50 miles south of Seoul.

All gatherings in public spaces such as museums, sports halls and libraries have been banned. Twenty-two churches used by the Christian sect, the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, have also been closed.

The church was at the centre of the country’s biggest outbreak in February when over 6,000 members were infected.

The Seoul city mayor said he was also making preparations in case there was a second wave of the virus.

Officials are recruiting more contact tracers and securing more hospital beds in case the infection takes hold in the capital.

BBC