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Seoul – A South Korea recorded the highest number of coronavirus cases in more than a month on Monday, due to an outbreak of contagion in a nightlife district in Seoul. The country, which in February was one of the largest sources of contagion in the world, is considered a model in the fight against the virus. The normality scenario began to change last week. This weekend, the capital Seoul, the neighboring province of Gyeonggi and the neighboring city of Incheon decreed the closure of clubs and bars. Officials fear a second wave of contagion.
South Korea Registered 35 new cases this Monday, bringing the total number of positive people to Covid-19 to 10,909, according to the Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). In eight of the past 12 days, the country has seen a single-digit increase in the number of cases.
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On Monday in the morning 85 infected people She had ties to a 29-year-old man who tested positive after visiting five clubs and bars in Itaewon, one of Seoul’s liveliest and most popular neighborhoods, in early May, according to information posted on Twitter by the profile of the Mayor of the capital Park Won. -soon. City officials have summoned everyone who has been in the area in the past two weeks to be tested.
“Health officials are trying to locate thousands of people who frequented these night establishments,” said Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun.
The increase in infections occurs when, on Wednesday, the country reduced the social distance measures in force since March. At the end of February, South Korea was the second most affected country by the coronavirus in the world, after China, where the pandemic began. But the authorities managed to control the situation through an aggressive “follow-up, test and treatment” strategy.
Public places like museums and art galleries have just reopened, and professional seasons for some of the country’s most popular sports, like baseball and soccer, started a few weeks ago. Schools are expected to start operating later this week.
