South Korea has moved to shutter bars and clubs in the capitol Seoul, while Germany has seen its infection rate rise to 1.1.
The European nation has also seen its number of new confirmed cases of the virus rise over the past three days. On Thursday, the number of new cases jumped from 947 on Wednesday to more than 1,200. New cases were above 1,200 on Friday and Saturday as well.
"Carelessness can lead to an explosion in infections," Seoul mayor Park Won-soon said announcing the indefinite closure of the bars and night clubs. Park also urged those who'd visited the nightlife spots to come forward voluntarily. As of Saturday, South Korea had just less than 11,000 confirmed cases of the novel virus and only 256 deaths. Comparatively, the U.S. has confirmed more than 1.35 million cases and nearly 80,000 deaths.
President Donald Trump has pushed for the economy to begin reopening, even as health experts have raised concerns about the continued spread of the pandemic nationwide. While some hot spots like New York and California appear to have passed their peak of infections, other states and municipalities are just now seeing new outbreaks of the virus.
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