Question

Buses and subways in Seoul, the normally crowded South Korean capital, were unusually quiet on Monday, and social media was (1) ................ with posts with the hashtag “work from home.” South Koreans work some of the longest hours in the world, and companies tend to disapprove of allowing employees to (2) ............... - work from home, making use of the internet, email and phone
This drastic departure from the conventions of corporate culture are a sign of how the country is fighting to slow the (3) .............. of the novel coronavirus.
For the past several days the country’s public health authorities have reported drastic increases (4)........ the number of cases here, with 231 new cases on Monday, bringing the total number to 900, with more than 11,600 people undergoing diagnostic testing. 9 South Koreans infected with the virus, called COVID-19, have died. The (5) ...........of 51 million people now has the highest number of coronavirus cases outside mainland China