South Korea has confirmed a second wave of coronavirus as the health minister warns of a 'grave situation' in the country. The Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo said a total of 90 imported cases were identified over the past week, showing a sharp rise from the previous week's 48. 'The government faces a grave situation as health officials need not only to contain locally transmitted infections, but also manage imported cases,' Park said in a government meeting on COVID-19 responses. 'If Seoul gets penetrated (by the virus), the entire Republic of Korea gets penetrated,' Park Won-soon said Monday in a televised briefing, referring to South Korea by its formal name. South Korea was reporting around 500 new cases per day in early March but managed to control the outbreak with an active testing and contact tracing campaign.

Source: Daily Mail June 22, 2020 10:43 UTC