South Korea Records Spike In New Coronavirus Cases After Nightclub Outbreak

South Korea reported 34 new infections on Sunday – its highest daily tally in about a month. Most of the new infections were tied to several bars and nightclubs in Seoul.South Korea reported 34 new infections on Sunday – its highest daily tally in about a month. Most of the new infections were tied to several bars and nightclubs in Seoul.Sunday, its highest daily tally in about a month, following an outbreak tied to several nightclubs and bars.

Korean health officials said that 24 of the new cases originate from Seoul's Itaewon neighborhood. Authorities had recently identified a 29-year-old man who tested positive for the virus after visiting five nightclubs and bars in the commercial district. Authorities believe as many as 1,500 people were in attendance during the time the man said he visited those clubs over the weekend of May 1.have been linked to that outbreak including 43 nightclub patrons and another 11 people acquainted with the club goers. In response, Seoul closed bars and nightclubs this weekend as authorities worked to contain the outbreak.

The spike of new infections is the highest South Korea has seen since reporting 39 new cases on April 9.In the subsequent weeks, infections originating within the country declined drastically with health authorities at one point reporting

good thing there is an effective treatment!!

Can u say stupid?

Beware, America. Haste makes dead people.

Testing positive is no big deal. 80% that are infected don’t even know they have it. 1/10th of 1% die and the average age of death is 75. I think we’re good.

And here we go again!

Wow real scary

and see they will do ok with that because they know who was there and they will contact trace everyone and they will quarantine everyone that needs to be. Because they know what the heck their doing.. unlike the USA.

This is the WARNING for reopening bars & night clubs in US. If we do not take notice this time the consequences will be even more devastating than Trump initial response to pandemic.

Hi. I see you wrote 'South Korea' but did you know that Koreans don't really like it when you specify 'South' when it's not totally necessary to what you're saying? It's a painful and unwelcome reminder of our divided country. Please consider this in the future. 감사합니다!

Your news is old news.

S. Korea reports 34 new coronavirus cases, highest in a month. This Sunday Seoul time 15 hours ago? May 9th.

Trump: 'Hold my corona'

They appear to have a good contact tracing system in place so they might be able to keep infections to a minimum.

People talk about how dumb America is and how smart S-Korea is They are a dense country and they actually make test supplies there Here in Ameria, we don't make anything I'm all for smart opening But nightclubs? Heavy breathing close sweaty bodies dumb

Compared to the USA

This will be America when we reopen, except a thousand times worse (again)

That’s a shame. I really wanted to power dance.

Yikes! Bet the tRump administration has missed this.

Apparently spread by a single person at 3 night clubs!

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