Coronavirus Disease Exposure and Spread from Nightclubs, South Korea
Cho Ryok Kang, Jin Yong Lee, Yoojin Park, In Sil Huh, Hyon Jeen Ham, Jin Kyeong Han, Jung-Il Kim, Baeg-Ju Na, Seoul Metropolitan Government COVID-19, Rapid Response Team (SCoRR Team)
Abstract
At least 246 cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been linked to nightclubs in Seoul, South Korea. During the April 30-May 5 holiday, young adults from across the country who visited nightclubs in Seoul contracted COVID-19 and spread it nationally. Nightclubs were temporarily closed to limit COVID-19 spread.
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