South Korea reported its 29th case of COVID-19 — the new coronavirus — on Sunday morning, after five consecutive days without a new case. | TheKoreaHerald AsiaNewsNetwork
The KCDC said in a Sunday briefing that the patient, who has developed symptoms of pneumonia, was not in a serious condition, but that the new case suggested the risk of community-based transmission.
The Ministry of Health and Welfare, orchestrating the government response, said Sunday it would expand screening capacities from the current 5,000 suspected cases a day to 10,000 by the end of this month to enable early detection of the disease. This recent development likely strike a blow to a resurgence in public outings this weekend, boosted by a brief respite from reported infections in the past week and government efforts to encourage a return to pre-virus state of affairs.Choi Hyun-cheol, the owner of a restaurant in western Seoul, said he saw a noticeable increase in customers over the weekend, following a period of idle business since the outbreak began.
Jung, its director, said the wave of the virus “hasn’t peaked yet” and that the trajectory of the outbreak did not suggest a downward trend.
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