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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.
THE INCREASE BRINGS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF INFECTIONS IN SOUTH KOREA TO 2,931, ACCORDING TO THE KOREA CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (KCDC).
B.C. COUPLE IN SOUTH KOREA SAY COUNTRY IS PARALYZED BY FEAR OF NEW CORONAVIRUS
SEOUL (REUTERS) - SOUTH KOREA URGED CITIZENS ON SATURDAY TO STAY INDOORS AS IT WARNED OF A “CRITICAL MOMENT” IN ITS BATTLE ON THE CORONAVIRUS AFTER RECORDING THE BIGGEST DAILY JUMP IN INFECTIONS, WITH 594 NEW CASES TAKING THE TALLY TO 2,931.
WITH MANY OTHER SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES, INCLUDING LG ELECTRONICS AND LOTTE GROUP, ALSO OPERATING IN VIETNAM, THE COUNTRY IS HOME TO THE LARGEST POPULATION OF SOUTH KOREANS IN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- ROUGHLY 200,000. THEY ALSO WILL BE SUBJECT TO THE QUARANTINE UPON RE-ENTRY FROM SOUTH KOREA.
THE SOUTH KOREAN VICE HEALTH MINISTER KIM KANG-LIP SAID: 「WE HAVE ASKED YOU TO REFRAIN FROM TAKING PART IN PUBLIC EVENTS, INCLUDING A RELIGIOUS GATHERING OR PROTEST, THIS WEEKEND. PLEASE STAY AT HOME AND REFRAIN FROM GOING OUTSIDE AND MINIMISE CONTACT WITH OTHER PEOPLE.」 AS MANY AS 476 OF THE NEW CASES WERE FROM SOUTH-EASTERN DAEGU CITY, THE SITE OF A CHURCH AT THE CENTRE OF THE OUTBREAK. HEALTH AUTHORITIES HAVE RUN TESTS ON MORE THAN 210,000 MEMBERS AND 65,000 TRAINEES OF THE CHURCH.
WASHINGTON - THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IS CONSIDERING IMPOSING NEW RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVELERS FROM JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA, WHO ARE SEEING A SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN THEIR COUNTRIES, CNN REPORTED FRIDAY, CITING PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER.
(CNN)THE US AND SOUTH KOREAN MILITARIES ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THAT THEY WILL POSTPONE A COMMAND POST TRAINING EXERCISE DUE TO GROWING CONCERNS ABOUT THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS IN SOUTH KOREA, WHICH HAS INFECTED 25 MEMBERS OF THE SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY AND ONE US SERVICEMEMBER.
「IT SEEMS TO ME THAT TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ARE THE WAY TO GO,」 SAYS BRENDAN AHERN, CIO OF KRANESHARES IN NEW YORK, A CHINA-FOCUSED INVESTMENT FIRM. 「WE NEED TO RESTRICT FLIGHTS HERE FROM SOUTH KOREA AND ITALY. TAIWAN WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO STOP FLIGHTS TO CHINA. THEY WERE REAMED FOR IT BY BEIJING, BUT THEY HAVE VERY FEW CASES BECAUSE OF IT. YOU STILL HAD FLIGHTS GOING FROM ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA TO CHINA UNTIL VERY RECENTLY,」 AHERN SAID IN A CONFERENCE CALL TODAY.
JAPAN, SOUTH KOREAN AND AUSTRALIAN MARKETS DIVED. JAPAN'S NIKKEI 225 DROPPED 3.67% WHILE THE TOPIX INDEX FELL 3.65%. SOUTH KOREA'S KOSPI WAS DOWN 3.3%, WHILE THE S&P/ASX 200 IN AUSTRALIA PLUNGED 3.25%. — WEIZHEN TAN, EUSTANCE HUANG
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — THE U.S. MILITARY GAVE ITS SOUTH KOREAN EMPLOYEES A ONE-MONTH NOTICE FRIDAY THAT THEY WILL BE PUT ON UNPAID LEAVE IF THE ALLIES REMAINED DEADLOCKED OVER A LAPSED DEFENSE COST-SHARING AGREEMENT.
THAT CALL CAME HOURS AFTER THE FIRST US SOLDIER TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS — AND THAT SOLDIER JUST SO HAPPENED TO BE STATIONED IN SOUTH KOREA. ABOUT 25 MEMBERS OF SOUTH KOREA』S ARMED FORCES HAVE ALSO CONTRACTED THE DISEASE, PART OF THE NEARLY 1,800 INFECTED IN THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

 

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