Two South Korean apartment buildings heavily occupied by members of a sect linked to most of the country’s coronavirus cases have been quarantined after dozens of residents tested positive for the disease, an official said Saturday.
The move comes as the country, which has the highest number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the world outside China, reported 174 new infections, taking its total to 6,767. The apartment complex in Daegu — the country’s fourth-largest city and epicentre of its outbreak — was placed under lockdown after 46 residents were confirmed to have the virus, mayor Kwon Young-jin said.
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