Officials have linked at least 119 cases to the nightspots. FMTNews
People walk past a notice prohibiting gathering posted on the entrance of a nightclub in Seoul on May 10.
Officials have linked at least 119 cases of Covid-19 to the nightspots, which had just reopened as part of the country’s move to ease lockdown measures to jumpstart its struggling economy. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 26 new cases as of midnight Tuesday, with 21 tied to the Seoul nightclub outbreak.The outbreak prompted officials to re-shutter some nightclubs and bars as well as delay the planned reopening of schools by a week, but the government has stood by its decision to ease broader restrictions by reopening offices, public facilities and sports centres.
More than 1,200 of those people were foreigners, Park said, prompting the city to send out automated text messages in English asking people to be tested.Park expressed concern the young, mobile demographic of most of the infected could expand the outbreak.Authorities in Incheon, a city west of Seoul, said they were considering filing a criminal complaint against one infected clubgoer who they said did not disclose to officials that he worked at a private school.
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