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South Korea’s approach to the crown pandemic is exemplary. The country appears to have the virus under control. Then, an infected person in nightclubs infects several people, the number of cases increases again. Authorities fear another outbreak.
After a surge in crowned infections among clubbers in Seoul, South Korean health officials see fighting a new wave of infection at a critical point. Authorities again warned of the risk of the situation spiraling out of control and leading to a similar jump in the number of cases as in February.
“It is a very critical time for us now,” said Kwon Joon Wook of the Disaster Management Center. According to information, the number of infection cases associated with visitors to nightclubs and bars in the popular Seoul entertainment district of Itaewon increased to 136. A total of 29 new infections were reported Wednesday across the country. 20 of them are related to night life in Itaewon. They are club guests and contact persons.
Spread among the party guests
In the metropolis, several infections were initially attributed to an infected man who had visited five clubs in Itaewon on the night of May 2. Authorities fear the virus could spread rapidly across the country at the community level because the club’s guests were not just from Seoul.
To break the chains of infection, they rely on intensive testing. So far, around 35,000 people have been tested at Sars-Cov-2 in connection with the Itaewon outbreak. All people who were in the area around the clubs between April 24 and May 6 were urged to get tested.
After the peak of the outbreak in late February with more than 900 cases in one day, South Korea had largely controlled the situation. Since mid-April, fewer than 15 new infections have been reported daily. So far, the total number is less than 11,000. 260 deaths have been linked to the virus.
