More than 100 COVID-19 Cases Confirmed from Itaewon Clubs

As of 10 AM on the 12th, 101 Cases
Six Days Since First Patient in Yongin City

On the 11th, citizens who visited the screening clinic set up at Yongsan-gu Public Health Center in Seoul, where concerns about the spread of COVID-19 originating from Itaewon clubs are rising, are lining up to get tested. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Asia Economy Reporters Choi Dae-yeol and Kim Heung-soon] The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases related to Itaewon clubs in Yongsan-gu, Seoul has surpassed 100.

According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters and local governments including Seoul City on the 12th, the nationwide confirmed cases of COVID-19 originating from Itaewon clubs reached 101 as of 10 a.m. that day. This is an increase of 8 cases from 93 confirmed at midnight, which were not included in the official count by health authorities.

Among these are a 33-year-old male public health doctor from Gimje, Jeonbuk, who visited an Itaewon club on the 5th, and a man in his late 20s residing in Saha-gu, Busan, who visited an Itaewon club on the 2nd. Thus, six days after the first case was reported?a 29-year-old man living in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 6th?the number of related patients has exceeded 100.

The government and health authorities plan to accelerate efforts to identify visitors to the area, considering not only those who visited the Itaewon clubs but also secondary transmissions to their family members, acquaintances, and other contacts.

In response to requests from health authorities, the three domestic mobile carriers will provide base station information near five clubs in the Itaewon area from the 24th of last month to the 6th of this month. This data will be used to identify individuals who visited the clubs or surrounding areas during that period.

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