Coronavirus Disease Exposure and Spread from Nightclubs, South Korea

Emerg Infect Dis. 2020 Oct;26(10):2499-2501. doi: 10.3201/eid2610.202573. Epub 2020 Jul 7.

Abstract

At least 246 cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have been linked to nightclubs in Seoul, South Korea. During the April 30-May 5 holiday, young adults from across the country who visited nightclubs in Seoul contracted COVID-19 and spread it nationally. Nightclubs were temporarily closed to limit COVID-19 spread.

Keywords: 2019 novel coronavirus disease; COVID-19; SARS; SARS-CoV-2; Seoul; South Korea; coronavirus; coronavirus disease; nightclubs; outbreak; respiratory infections; severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2; viruses; zoonoses.

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Betacoronavirus
  • COVID-19
  • Contact Tracing / methods*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Coronavirus Infections / epidemiology*
  • Coronavirus Infections / transmission*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Leisure Activities
  • Male
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Pneumonia, Viral / epidemiology*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / transmission*
  • Prevalence
  • Republic of Korea / epidemiology
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Young Adult