S. Korea urges more testing, quarantines as coronavirus outbreak threatens to spread | Malay Mail

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SEOUL, Aug 21 — South Korean health authorities warned today that a cluster of coronavirus infections in the capital Seoul was threatening to spread after thousands of people attended a rally by conservative political groups last week. While many of the current spike in cases have been among...

Friday, 21 Aug 2020 10:55 AM MYT

While many of the current spike in cases have been among members of a church, some of whom attended the rally, officials say more people need to come forward and be tested to head off an uncontrollable outbreak. South Korea was one of the first countries outside China to see an explosive spread of the new coronavirus, but intensive tracing and testing had brought infections under control and quelled a subsequent series of spikes.

 

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