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South Korea warned on Sunday of the possibility of a second wave of COVID-19 infections.
“It won’t end until it ends,” President Moon Jae-in told the nation on Sunday when he reported new coronavirus infections in up to a month.
The increase in cases comes as South Korea began easing some pandemic restrictions, including the reopening of bars and nightclubs.
South Korea closed more than 2,100 bars and other establishments in Seoul after the new cases were linked to people who frequented nightclubs last weekend. Many of the infections date back to a 29-year-old man who went to three nightclubs before testing positive.
Schools in South Korea were due to start reopening this week, but that may be delayed after the new outbreaks, while authorities say investigations of the new cases will determine the next steps.
China also reported fourteen new cases on Sunday, the first double-digit increase in ten days.
Germany, which began easing social restrictions last week, has seen some regional spikes in the cases, particularly in nursing homes and slaughterhouses.
Spain, France and the United States are among the countries that are slowly reopening parts of their economies.
Globally, the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has exceeded 4 million. The global death toll is nearly 280,000, according to Johns Hopkins University statistics.
The United States leads the world in the number of cases and deaths from the virus. More than 1.3 million people in the US USA They have been infected and almost 80,000 have died.
Former US President Barack Obama says US President Donald Trump’s current management of the coronavirus pandemic has been “an absolutely chaotic disaster.”
In a conference call with former staff members, Obama said: “It has been an absolutely chaotic mess when that ‘what’s in it for me’ mentality and ‘messing around with everyone else’, when that mentality is operational in our government.”
