Drone Footage provided by South Korea's local media "The Maeil Shinmun" showed customers queuing outside one of E-mart stores on Monday (February 24) morning.

E-mart began to sell 1.41 million face masks at half price in Daegu from Monday, according to local media reports.

South Korea raised its infectious disease alert level to its highest for the first time since 2009 On Sunday (February 23).