South Korea - police promise anonymity to track outbreak in gay clubs: FRANCE 24 English

South Korean authorities said Tuesday they were using mobile phone data to trace Seoul nightclub visitors as they try to tackle a coronavirus cluster, promising anonymity to those being tested due to the stigma surrounding homosexuality.

Twenty-nine of the new cases were linked to several #Seoul nightclubs and bars, many of them catering to members of #LGBTQ community.#SouthKorea struggles to contain nightclub #coronavirus outbreakhttps://t.co/Itketnfpw5

— Foreigner.fi (@foreignerfi) May 11, 2020

#SouthKorea scrambles to contain #Seoul #LGBT+ #nightclub #coronavirus outbreak. https://t.co/PwaCzAamZU #COVID

— Gate 15 (@Gate_15_Analyst) May 11, 2020

#Breaking

New #coronavirus outbreak in #Seoul nightclubs, gov is tracking 1500 ppl https://t.co/CxW9QnDBWu

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— Muhit Reza (@muhitreza) May 9, 2020

A new outbreak of coronavirus cases in #SouthKorea has sent officials scrambling to stop its spread in the densely populated capital city of #Seoul

Vía @Reuters https://t.co/nXPgAgtPTX pic.twitter.com/R77jnYWdhc

— Aroguden (@Aroguden) May 11, 2020

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