New infection clusters after restrictions were eased in South Korea — coupled with an uptick in cases in China — are prompting fears of a COVID-19 rebound.
— and since its peak in February, South Korea's intensive response had reduced its tally of new cases toSouth Korea is now grappling with some of its largest infection clusters yet after authorities began to loosen some social distancing restrictions this month. Scores ofhave been reported in the past two weeks, many of which are linked to a young man who stopped in at several clubs and bars in Seoul the night of May 1.
Officials do not know how he contracted the virus in the first place. It's a demoralizing development for officials there, who postponed their plans toBut South Korea is not the only apparent success story to report a regression recently.they will test the city's entire population of 11 million after new cases cropped up.
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