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Coronavirus: South Korea sees its largest rise in coronavirus cases @ 2020-02-29T16: Back Hot News
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SOUTH KOREA SPIKE: THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 1,700 CASES IN SOUTH KOREA.
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).
PEOPLE WAIT IN LINE TO BUY FACE MASKS IN FRONT OF A STORE AT DONGSEONGRO SHOPPING DISTRICT IN DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA, ON THURSDAY. (AFP PHOTO)
WORKERS WEARING PROTECTIVE GEARS SPRAY DISINFECTANT AS A PRECAUTION AGAINST THE NEW CORONAVIRUS AT A SUBWAY STATION IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, FRIDAY, FEB. 28, 2020. JAPAN"S SCHOOLS PREPARED TO CLOSE FOR ALMOST A MONTH AND ENTERTAINERS, TOPPED BY K-POP SUPERSTARS BTS, CANCELED EVENTS AS A VIRUS EPIDEMIC EXTENDED ITS SPREAD THROUGH ASIA INTO EUROPE AND ON FRIDAY, INTO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA. (AP PHOTO/AHN YOUNG-JOON)
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.
​SOUTH KOREANS』 ANGER SPIKED THIS WEEK WHEN THEY LEARNED THAT SOME CHINESE CITIES HAD BEGUN QUARANTINING SOUTH KOREAN VISITORS​ UPON LANDING AT THEIR AIRPORTS, WHILE SOUTH KOREA HAD NOT
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.
「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
NOW, EXPERTS IN SOUTH KOREA TEND TO AGREE THE WINDOW FOR CONTAINING THE CORONAVIRUS TO THE SOUTHERN OUTBREAK CORE HAS WELL AND TRULY CLOSED.

 

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