On May 10, an entertainment venue that caused collective infection was closed in Itaewon, Seoul, South Korea. Photo by Zeng Nai, China News Service reporter
reported that the number of related confirmed cases in a single day once increased to 29, but has continued to show a decrease in recent days. Itaewon-related cases are concentrated in the metropolitan area, with the largest cumulative cases in Seoul area, with more than 90 cases, followed by Gyeonggi-do and Incheon .
In addition, in the past two weeks, the average daily number of new confirmed cases in South Korea was 18.4, an increase of 9 cases compared with two weeks ago. Among the new confirmed cases, 5% of the cases have unknown routes of infection, and there are still many people who go to entertainment venues but are not tested and asymptomatic patients, and the risk of virus transmission remains.
report pointed out that what people are most worried about is this difficult to monitor. According to a survey by Seoul, 60% of the people are worried about the second round of the epidemic, asymptomatic patients and infections of unknown causes. 76% believe that mandatory suspension of business such as banning gatherings in entertainment venues is appropriate.
