Hotel Lotte in downtown Seoul lit up rooms to spell out the Korean word for "hope" on April 9, 2020.

A visitor wearing a mask walks under a canopy of lotus lanterns at Bongseon Temple in Namyangju, northeast of Seoul, on April 9, 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Yonhap)
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Workers spray water on the statue of Adm. Yi Sun-shin at Gwanghwamun Square in central Seoul on April 9, 2020, to remove dirt as part of a springtime cleanup.

The modern equipment brought from Turkey for the production of face masks has been installed at the plant in a short period.

A Lotte department store in virus-hit Daegu, 302 kilometers southeast of Seoul, packs gifts for 7,500 nurses battling COVID-19 in the region on April 8, 2020. (Yonhap)
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Jung Eun-kyeong, head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, attends a daily coronavirus meeting chaired by Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun at the government complex in Sejong, cent

Teachers greets their students during a test of an online class at a middle school in Uiwang, west of Seoul, on April 7, 2020, two days ahead of the start of the new school year in stages, beginnin

This photo, provided by the Seoul city government, shows one of 1,000 bunches of tulips that the Dutch Embassy in Seoul will convey to Seoul Medical Center in a show of encouragement and thanks to

Election officials promote voting during an event at a rape flower field in Busan on April 7, 2020, ahead of the April 15 general elections. (Yonhap)
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Elementary students prepare for online classes at home in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on April 7, 2020, ahead of their school opening.