South Korea says it is battling 'second wave' of coronavirus

SEOUL - Health authorities in South Korea said for the first time on Monday it is in the midst of a"second wave" of novel coronavirus infections focused around its densely populated capital, stemming from a holiday in May.

But on Monday, KCDC director Jeong Eun-kyeong said it had become clear that a holiday weekend in early May marked the beginning of a new wave of infections focused in the greater Seoul area, which had previously seen few cases. At the end of February, South Korea reported a peak of more than 900 cases in a day, in the first large outbreak of the coronavirus outside of China.But just as the country announced it would be easing social distancing guidelines in early May, new cases spiked, driven in part by infections among young people who visited nightclubs and bars in Seoul over the holiday weekend.

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