SKorea warns of crisis amid new outbreaks
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South Korea warned yesterday of a looming novel coronavirus crisis as new outbreaks flared, including one linked to a church where more than 300 members of the congregation have been infected but hundreds more are reluctant to get tested.
The outbreak linked to the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul is the country鈥檚 biggest in nearly six months and led to a tightening of social distancing rules on Sunday.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported 197 new cases as of midnight on Saturday, mostly in the Seoul metropolitan area, marking the fourth day of a three-digit tally.
South Korea has been one of the world鈥檚 coronavirus mitigation success stories but it has nevertheless battled persistent spikes in infections. The latest cases brought its total infections to 15,515 including 305 deaths.
鈥淲e鈥檙e seeing the current situation as an initial stage of a large-scale transmission,鈥 KCDC director Jeong Eun-kyeong told a briefing. 鈥淲e鈥檙e facing a crisis where if the current spread isn鈥檛 controlled, it would bring an exponential rise in cases, which could in turn lead to the collapse of our medical system and enormous economic damage.鈥
The outbreak at the Seoul church has revived fears seen in February when authorities struggled to contain an outbreak that emerged in a secretive Christian sect in the city of Daegu and became the country鈥檚 deadliest cluster.
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