After the May Day holiday, the second wave of epidemic occurred in South Korea: cluster infection occurred in a nightclub in South Korea. As of the 11th, the number of confirmed cases related to it has reached 85, and all entertainment venues in Seoul are closed again. The collective infection of nightclubs has also cast a shadow on South Korea's school opening plan.
The outbreak of the South Korean " Itaewon " is a gathering area of a Seoul entertainment venue. It is located in Yongsan District, Seoul. It is near the US military base in South Korea. It has many bars and restaurants. It is known as the "Wanguocheng". It is a community where young Koreans and foreigners in South Korea gather in large numbers.
The cluster infection incident in Itaewon nightclub was dated back to May 6. At that time, there were another new local confirmed cases in South Korea after three days, which attracted attention. According to preliminary investigation, during the May Day holiday, a South Korean man visited five nightclubs in Itaewon, Seoul within 5 hours. There were more than 50 close contacts, and more and more people were diagnosed, and South Korea's upper and lower nerves were tense again. (News link: A South Korean patient visited several nightclubs the night before the diagnosis! The related confirmed cases are spread across the country, and 5,500 people have been urgently verified...)
As of the morning of the 11th, the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus pneumonia related to Itaewon nightclubs has reached 85. Seoul alone has increased by 21 cases compared with the previous day, reaching 51. In , Gyeonggi-do , people who have been to Itaewon nightclub or have had close contact with confirmed patients in nightclubs. The total number of confirmed cases has reached 20, including cross-infection patients.
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon html said in an interview on the 311th that the city government has confirmed the names of 5,517 people who have been to Itaewon nightclubs and contacted 2,405 of them. Among the people who have tried to contact, there are 28 foreigners. Park Won-soon said those who were not recorded were believed to have provided false information or tried to evade contact, and he urged these people to be tested for the coronavirus. Korean media disclosed that more than 2,000 people on the list filled in fake mobile phone numbers, so they could not get in touch.
In addition, South Korean health departments said that more than 30% of the confirmed patients in Itaewon nightclub are asymptomatic infections. Jung Yin-kyung, Minister of the South Korean Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters, said that the spread is very fast, allowing everyone to see the characteristic of the virus being very contagious.
At present, relevant departments in South Korea are stepping up epidemiological investigations. According to the information already available, among the confirmed cases related to Itaewon nightclub, some patients work in the hospital and some patients work in the customer service call center, which makes public opinion even more worried about whether there will be another outbreak of collective infection. At present, the emergency rooms of the relevant hospitals have been closed, and all employees of the customer service center have also returned home to work.
, and a large fitness center located in Tongque District, Seoul also had confirmed cases of infection. The patient exercised in the gym between the 4th and 6th. On the same date and time period, a confirmed man who had been to Itaewon nightclub also exercised in the gym. It is currently highly suspected that the two had cross infection due to close contact.
In , , Gangnam-gu, Seoul, there is a service called "sleep room", similar to a daily rental house or a capsule hotel, where people can rest and sleep. According to Korean media, many people did not use real personal information when coming to the "sleep room" and only used cash to settle, which brought difficulties to conducting relevant epidemiological investigations.
According to a reporter from South Korea's KBS TV station, more than 90 people have been to the "sleep room" within two days after the confirmed patient has been in the "sleep room". At present, the "sleep room" has been closed. South Korea's health department calls on relevant personnel to take the initiative to report.
Jeju patient A is a dermatologist working in a hospital. On the 5th, he went to a nightclub in Itaewon, Seoul, on the 9th, and applied for the new coronavirus test. He worked in the hospital for 3 days. As of now, his close contacts have reached 138, of which 127 are hospital patients, 11 are colleagues of A's hospital, and the supermarket A has been to was temporarily closed.
In view of the infection of the Itaewon nightclub gathering, the Seoul Municipal Government judged that the mass infection caused by entertainment venues was very serious, and then issued an administrative order requiring all entertainment venues in the city to be prohibited from gathering and stop business.
Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon: Seoul City has issued an executive order to prohibit gatherings of all entertainment facilities such as bars and nightclubs from instantly. Starting immediately, relevant facilities should be closed and if they violate them, they will be severely punished.
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