Lockdowns and social distancing requirements have been re-imposed in areas of China and South Korea after a spike in new infections of the coronavirus is raising concern of a second wave of the pandemic.
"The first wave has not ended and had a break to start another pandemic," Jung Eun Kyeong, director-general of South Korea's Center for Disease Control told NBC News during a briefing Monday.
Bars and clubs have been temporarily closed in Seoul in response to the new outbreak that has been traced to one confirmed patient who visited a slew of establishments. People who had visited bars in the popular nightclub district Itaewon have been asked to self-isolate for 14 days, regardless of whether they show symptoms, and be tested.
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