(Seoul, South Korea) – South Korea banning large gatherings, closing the beaches, night clubs and churches and removing fans from professional sports in stringent new measures announced closure Saturday as they spread the crown battles. Health Minister Park Neung-hoo announced steps immediately after the Korea Centers for Control and Prevention reported 332 new cases of the disease – the ninth day of triple-digit increases. The burden of domestic labor is now at 17,002, including 309 deaths. During most of the new cases of the Seoul Subway densely populated came who was in the middle of viral growth in recent weeks, infections were also virtually every major city and town in reporting concerns increase that transfers of control of slip out. The government had already increased the measures of social distancing in Seoul this week to impose on them for months on economic issues to resist. “Now we are in a very dangerous situation that could trigger a massive national distribution of COVID-19,” said Park. Churches were an important source of new cases in the Seoul area before the authorities closed this week. was night clubs, karaoke bars, buffet restaurants and coffee computer games in the greater capital region have closed and new viewers prohibited baseball and football games, a few weeks after the teams to sell parts of their permitted seats. The same measures are applied at national level from Sunday, although the local government park some flexibility in how the advice they are allowed to exercise business closures take the app when infections are low. KCDC director Jeong Eun-Kyeong supported even stronger restrictions. If there is no sign that the spread of the virus has slowed after the weekend, he said the country should raise social distancing measures in the eyes take a “level 3”, including the ban on gatherings of more than 10 people, neighboring schools, taking into professional sport and consulting private company employees work to have at home. Yoon Taeho, a senior official of the Ministry of Health, said that the government is the effect of the restrictions before deciding whether to check, to strengthen further. Saturday afternoon was nearly 800 infections in a Seoul church by a loud critic of the president of the country brought offline. Sarang Jeil Church pastor June Kwang-hun was COVID-19 on Monday in hospital after taking part in an anti-government protest last week, where he shared a microphone on stage with other activists. More than 100 protesters associated infections. The police broke into the church late Friday while trying to save its members a more extensive list of contacts does not occur. Healthcare providers need to identify cell used Location data about 50,000 people who spent during the protests last Saturday more than 30 minutes on the road and were careful to let them test it. were tested about 18,000 of them, he said Kwon Jun-wook, director of the Higher Institute of Health of South Korea. Image is protected by copyright Bloomberg Jean Chung / AP
South Korea imposes strict new measures stop COVID-19 reported after infection, in most large cities
