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Coronavirus: Travel agents postpone, cancel tours to South Korea as outbreak worsens @ 2020-02-26T00: Back Hot News
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SPRAYING DISINFECTANT ON SUNDAY AT A MARKET IN DAEGU, THE SOUTHEASTERN CITY WHERE MANY OF SOUTH KOREA』S CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED.
DELTA AIR LINES TRAVELERS WHO BOOKED TICKETS TO THE SOUTH KOREAN CAPITAL OF SEOUL THROUGH APRIL 30 CAN CHANGE FLIGHTS UNTIL MAY 31 OR CANCEL THEIR TRIPS WITHOUT PAYING A FEE, THE AIRLINE SAID ON ITS WEBSITE. AMERICAN AIRLINES CUSTOMERS BOOKED TO SEOUL THROUGH APRIL 24 CAN CHANGE THEIR FLIGHTS WITHOUT PAYING A DATE-CHANGE FEE, OR THEY CAN CANCEL THE TRIP ALTOGETHER. THOSE TRAVELERS CAN ALSO CHANGE THE ORIGIN OR DESTINATION OF THEIR TRIPS TO THE JAPANESE CAPITAL OF TOKYO, AND TAKE ANOTHER PLANE TO OR FROM SOUTH KOREA.
WASHINGTON - THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS CASES IN SOUTH KOREA SKYROCKETED TO 833 ON MONDAY, A ROUGHLY 27-FOLD INCREASE IN JUST SIX DAYS. SOUTH KOREA NOW HAS THE SECOND-HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES AFTER CHINA.
SIX COUNTRIES HAVE BANNED SOUTH KOREAN VISITORS FROM ENTERING AS OF MONDAY, WITH ANOTHER NINE COUNTRIES AND REGIONS IMPOSING QUARANTINES OR OTHER RESTRICTIONS. THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT BLOCKED FOREIGN PASSENGERS ON A KOREAN AIR FLIGHT FROM DISEMBARKING AT TEL AVIV ON SATURDAY. ISRAEL IS ARRANGING FOR CHARTERED FLIGHTS TO SEND STRANDED SOUTH KOREANS HOME.
U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE MICHAEL POMPEO CRITICIZED IRAN AND CHINA’S HANDLING OF THE THE VIRUS. CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING SAID THE COUNTRY WAS CONFIDENT OF LIMITING THE IMPACT. EARLIER ON TUESDAY, SOUTH KOREA REPORTED 84 NEW INFECTIONS FOR A TOTAL TALLY OF 977, MAKING IT THE COUNTRY WITH MOST CASES OUTSIDE OF CHINA.
BECOME AN FT SUBSCRIBER TO READ: SOUTH KOREA PLACES MORE THAN 7,000 SOLDIERS IN QUARANTINE
ABOUT 200 NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS RECENTLY MET IN SEOUL. THEY SANG SONGS ABOUT THE FUTURE UNIFICATION OF NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA. THEY ARE TRYING TO FORM THE FIRST SOUTH KOREAN POLITICAL PARTY MADE UP COMPLETELY OF NORTH KOREAN DEFECTORS.
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”.
"IF WE START TO SEE MORE UNLINKED CASES EMERGING, NOT LINKED TO THESE TWO CLUSTERS, IN SEOUL, IN BUSAN, IN SOME OF THE OTHER HUB CITIES IN SOUTH KOREA, WHERE THERE ARE MANY TRAVELERS, THEN WE WILL CERTAINLY UPDATE OUR RISK ASSESSMENT AND WE WILL AT THAT TIME CONSIDER PUTTING IN PLACE TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS FOR THE WHOLE OF THE SOUTH KOREA," HE SAID.
"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.
CROATIA, HUNGARY AND IRELAND ADVISED AGAINST TRAVELLING TO ITALY"S AFFECTED AREA, ONE OF A NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTAL MOVES SEEKING TO LIMIT FURTHER EXPOSURE. BAHRAIN SUSPENDED FLIGHTS TO DUBAI WHILE THE UNITED STATES" CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION ISSUED ITS HIGHEST TRAVEL ALERT ON SOUTH KOREA, ADVISING CITIZENS TO AVOID NONESSENTIAL TRIPS. JAPAN URGED CITIZENS TO AVOID UNESSENTIAL TRIPS TO SOUTH KOREA"S HARDEST-HIT AREAS.
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.
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.
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.
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.

 

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