ASIA TODAY: South Korea has added its most new virus cases in months, driven by a surge around the capital that appears to be spreading nationwide. The 324 new infections was its highest single day total since early March.
A worker wearing a face mask to help protect against the spread of the coronavirus welds at a construction site in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Aug. 21, 2020.
Most of the people recently infected live in the densely populated Seoul metropolitan region, where health workers are scrambling to track transmissions from various sources, including churches, restaurants, schools and workers. Another factor was that the narrowness of the Daegu outbreak effectively aided its containment — most were tied to a single church congregation of thousands of members.
Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip said 739 infections confirmed as of Friday were linked to members of a northern Seoul church led by a vocal critic of the country’s president. Sarang Jeil Church pastor Jun Kwang-hun was hospitalized with COVID-19 on Monday after participating in an anti-government protest last week where he shared a microphone on stage with other activists.
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