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New global coronavirus infections spark more travel bans @ 2020-02-25T04: Back Hot News
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WHILE MOST CASES IN SOUTH KOREA ARE CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY OF DAEGU, 150 MILES FROM THE CAPITAL SEOUL, SUNDAY ALSO BROUGHT THE TROUBLING NEWS THAT CASES HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED IN GWANGJU, A CITY IN THE SOUTHWEST, AND THE ISLAND OF JEJU OFF THE SOUTH COAST, RAISING FEARS OF A BROADER SPREAD OF THE VIRUS.
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THE MINISTRY HAS EMPHASIZED AVOIDING TRAVEL TO DAEGU AND GYEONGSANG BUKDO, THE TWO REGIONS WITH THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF COVID-19 IN SOUTH KOREA. THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT HAS DECLARED THEM “SPECIAL CARE ZONES”.
FILE PHOTO: TOURISTS WEARING MASKS TO PREVENT THE CORONAVIRUS WALK ON THE STREET IN DOWNTOWN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, FEBRUARY 24, 2020. REUTERS/HEO RAN
STOCKS IN SOUTH KOREA SOLD OFF MONDAY, WITH THE BENCHMARK KOSPI FALLING MORE THAN 3% AND THE KOSDAQ OFF BY MORE THAN 4%. THE KOREAN WON WEAKENED AGAINST THE DOLLAR. THE DOLLAR-WON PAIR WAS TRADING UP 0.85% AT 1,217.13 AS OF 5:17 P.M. HK/SIN, RISING FROM LEVELS NEAR 1,180 IN THE PREVIOUS WEEK. INVESTORS WILL BE WATCHING FOR MOVES MADE BY THE BANK OF KOREA, WHICH IS SET TO MEET ON FEB. 27 AND ANNOUNCE ITS RATES DECISION THE DAY AFTER.
CAMP WALKER, SOUTH KOREA — U.S. SOLDIERS WEARING FACE MASKS AND GLOVES WIELDED THERMOMETERS INSTEAD OF GUNS AS THE MILITARY FOUGHT TO KEEP A DEADLY VIRUS FROM SPREADING TO THIS BASE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOUTH KOREA』S HARDEST-HIT AREA.
GUMI, SOUTH KOREA.
CLOSE TO 80,000 CASES OF THE VIRUS, NOW KNOWN AS COVID-19, HAVE BEEN REPORTED ALONG WITH AT LEAST 2,621 DEATHS. CASES OUTSIDE OF CHINA, WHERE MOST OF THE INFECTIONS ARE LOCATED, HAVE INCREASED, WITH ITALY REPORTING MORE THAN 220 AND SOUTH KOREA CONFIRMING MORE THAN 830.
IN A PRESS RELEASE ON MONDAY, U.S. FORCES KOREA ANNOUNCED THAT IT HAD BEEN INFORMED BY SOUTH KOREA"S CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION THAT A MILITARY DEPENDENT LIVING IN DAEGU HAD TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19. IT MARKS THE FIRST TIME A U.S. FORCES KOREA-RELATED INDIVIDUAL TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS, THE RELEASE SAID.
SEOUL (REUTERS) - AS THE NEW CORONAVIRUS SPREADS IN SOUTH KOREA, PRIVATE SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS HAVE SET UP WEBSITES AND APPS TO HELP PEOPLE TRACK CASES AND SHUN PLACES WHERE INFECTED PEOPLE HAVE BEEN IN THE HOPE OF AVOIDING THE FAST-SPREADING VIRUS.
A HANDFUL OF SOUTH KOREA AIRLINES, INCLUDING KOREAN AIR LINES - THE COUNTRY"S BIGGEST AIRLINE - HAS SUSPENDED FLIGHTS GOING TO DAEGU, WHICH HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 2.5M.
THE QUICK SPREAD IN SOUTH KOREA HAS TRIGGERED TRAVEL ADVISORIES AROUND THE WORLD. ISRAEL IS CLOSING ITS BORDERS TO FOREIGN NATIONALS WHO LIVE IN OR HAVE VISITED SOUTH KOREA IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS, WHILE THE U.S. AND THE U.K. ALSO RAISED THEIR ALERT LEVELS FOR TRAVEL IN THE ASIAN COUNTRY.
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE QUEUE TO BUY FACE MASKS IN ASTONISHING DRONE FOOTAGE FROM SOUTH KOREA AS THE COUNTRY IS...
"TODAY SOUTH KOREA BEARS NO MORE THAN ONE-THIRD OF THE COSTS MOST DIRECTLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE STATIONING OF U.S. FORCES ON THE KOREAN PENINSULA. AS THESE COSTS RISE, SOUTH KOREA"S SHARE IS SHRINKING. MOREOVER, THESE NARROWLY DEFINED COSTS ARE ONLY ONE PART OF THE PICTURE. AMERICA"S CONTRIBUTIONS TO SOUTH KOREA"S DEFENSE IN THIS HIGHLY TECHNOLOGICAL AGE—INCLUDING SOME ADVANCED CAPABILITIES SEOUL STILL NEEDS TO ACQUIRE—FAR EXCEED THE COST OF U.S. "BOOTS ON THE GROUND" AND CONSTITUTE A FAR LARGER BURDEN FOR THE AMERICAN TAXPAYER THAN MEETS THE EYE," THEY WROTE.
THE SNOWBALLING OUTBREAK AMONG THE CHURCH』S FOLLOWERS IS TESTING SOUTH KOREA』S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, WHICH SUCCESSFULLY TAMED A DEADLY OUTBREAK OF MIDDLE EAST RESPIRATORY SYNDROME IN 2015. EXPERTS ON SOUTH KOREAN RELIGIOUS SECTS AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH SAID ITS PRACTICES MADE ITS MEMBERS UNUSUALLY VULNERABLE TO CONTAGIOUS DISEASES.
KUHN: WELL, THE EPICENTER OF THE OUTBREAK IS NOW DAEGU, WHICH IS SOUTH KOREA"S FOURTH-LARGEST CITY. THE STREETS THERE ARE PRETTY MUCH DESERTED. THE GOVERNMENT HAS TOLD 2.5 MILLION RESIDENTS THERE TO STAY AT HOME, AND THEY"RE DOING IT. MEANWHILE, DAEGU"S HOSPITALS ARE HARD-PRESSED FOR MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, DOCTORS AND DRUGS. AND SO THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT IS SENDING THEM. THEN THERE"S A COUNTY HOSPITAL OUTSIDE DAEGU, WHICH HAS ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE COUNTRY"S CASES. AND SOUTH KOREA SAW ITS THIRD FATALITY FROM THE VIRUS TODAY, WHICH HAS CONTINUED TO SPREAD TO OTHER CITIES AND PROVINCES. AND IT"S ABOUT THE FOURTH DAY IN A ROW THAT CASES HAVE DOUBLED. AND THAT HAS PEOPLE HERE VERY JITTERY.
CUSTOMERS QUEUED OUTSIDE ONE OF DAEGU"S E-MART STORES, WHICH BEGAN TO SELL FACE MASKS AT HALF PRICE IN THE CITY, ACCORDING TO LOCAL MEDIA REPORTS. SOUTH KOREA HAS RAISED ITS INFECTIOUS DISEASE ALERT LEVEL TO ITS HIGHEST FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2009
A SOUTH KOREAN AIRLINER THAT LANDED AT BEN GURION AIRPORT SATURDAY EVENING WAS SENT BACK TO SEOUL WITH ITS PASSENGERS, AFTER THE 12 ISRAELIS ON BOARD WERE EVACUATED AND QUARANTINED. SOUTH KOREA REGISTERED A STRONG PROTEST WITH THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT OVER THE INCIDENT.

 

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