S. Korea police officers get tested for Covid-19

Around 6000 South Korean police officers who were on duty during a rally on the weekend are tested for COVID-19. South Korea on Tuesday ordered nightclubs, museums and buffet restaurants closed and banned large gatherings in and around the capital as a burst of new coronavirus cases sparked fears of a major second wave. Authorities reported 246 new infections on Tuesday, taking South Korea's total to 15,761. The largest current cluster is centred on the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul, headed by a controversial conservative pastor who has tested positive himself.

A total of 457 cases are linked to that church as of Tuesday, but health authorities said the current situation was a "much bigger crisis" than South Korea's initial outbreak, when more than 5,000 people connected to a religious sect were infected. That cluster was centred on the southern city of Daegu, but reports say that Sarang Jeil's members live all over the country.