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USFK reports cluster infection at Osan base after recent no-mask dance party
Yonhap News Agency Grace Oh
All News 15:14 August 27, 2021
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Yonhap) -- At least 33 American service members stationed at Osan Air Base tested positive for the coronavirus, officials said Friday, after the base came under fire for a no-mask dance party in disregard of social distancing rules.
The infections were reported on Thursday and Friday at the base, some 70 kilometers south of Seoul, and contact tracing is under way, according to South Korean government officials.
A dance party took place at the base Saturday involving dozens of individuals not wearing face masks.
The incident has drawn criticism, as South Korea is experiencing the fourth wave of COVID-19 and the country has enforced the highest level of social distancing for the greater Seoul area since mid-July.
The infections were reported on Thursday and Friday at the base, some 70 kilometers south of Seoul, and contact tracing is under way, according to South Korean government officials.
A dance party took place at the base Saturday involving dozens of individuals not wearing face masks.
The incident has drawn criticism, as South Korea is experiencing the fourth wave of COVID-19 and the country has enforced the highest level of social distancing for the greater Seoul area since mid-July.
https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20210827006100325?input=tw
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