Emerging Infectious Diseases (Oct 2020)

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

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2610.202573
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 26, no. 10
pp. 2499 – 2501

Abstract

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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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