South Korea urges more testing, quarantines as coronavirus cases hit 5-1/2 month high

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South Korean health authorities warned on Friday 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.

FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease walk in a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Moon’s office said it would be implementing an emergency response system, including high-level meetings every morning and 24-hour work schedules until the crisis has passed. To that end, health investigators and police had obtained the cellphone location data of at least 12,000 people who had been in the area, and were seeking to convince the Sarang Jeil Church to hand over a full list of its members, Kim said.

If the new numbers do not decrease over the weekend, however, the government could impose its strictest rules, including closing schools, Jeong said.

 

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