Passengers wearing face masks line up to board their planes at the domestic flight terminal of Gimpo Airport in Seoul, on May 27. Ahn Young-Joon/AP
In South Korea, a total of 259 coronavirus cases have now been linked to a cluster in Seoul's entertainment district of Itaewon, known for its nightclubs and bars.
It may also have given rise to a second cluster, which authorities are now racing to contain.
The nightclub cluster emerged on May 9, after an infected person visited multiple clubs. In the following weeks, authorities tested tens of thousands of people who were in either in the area or may have been indirectly exposed.
One person, who had been infected from the nightclub cluster, visited a buffet restaurant. Then, another diner there was reported infected -- and brought it back to a logistics center in the city of Bucheon.
36 cases have now been linked to that logistics center -- 32 employees and four of their family members, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Authorities estimate up to 4,000 people may have been exposed to the virus through this cluster, and so far have conducted about 1,920 tests.
City and health officials are still carrying out the epidemiological investigation, said the KCDC.
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