Coronavirus latest: South Korea reports new spike amid ‘worrisome’ trend of local transmissions

South Korea reported 103 new coronavirus cases on Friday, one of its biggest daily jumps in months, prompting authorities to express concern about an increase in local transmissions and growing infection clusters.Of the new cases, 83 were from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, where health authorities have struggled to stem transmissions linked to churches, nursing homes, schools and workplaces. Infections were also reported in other major cities such as Busan, Gwangju and Ulsan…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3097344/coronavirus-latest-south-korea-reports-new-spike-amid-worrisome