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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.
EMPLOYEES FROM A DISINFECTION SERVICE COMPANY SANITIZE A SUBWAY STATION IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
FOR SOUTH KOREA"S PUBLIC, THE ACTIONS BY THE HOSPITAL OVERSEERS TOUCH ON DIFFICULT ISSUES OF ETHICS AND EFFICACY AS THE COUNTRY STRUGGLES TO COPE WITH THE GROWING HEALTH CRISIS. SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS HAVE VOWED NOT TO FOLLOW CHINA AND IMPOSE SWEEPING CITYWIDE LOCKDOWNS.
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, AS 813 NEW CASES TOOK THE TALLY TO 3,150.
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)
MEANWHILE SOUTH KOREA, WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF CASES OUTSIDE CHINA, MOBILISED THE ARMY ON SATURDAY.
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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.
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.
EARLIER FRIDAY, THE KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION REPORTED THAT THE COUNTRY HAS MORE THAN 2,000 CONFIRMED CASES FROM THE NEW CORONAVIRUS, WHICH HAS SO FAR KILLED 13 PEOPLE IN SOUTH KOREA.
AIRLINES HAVE CALLED OFF A FEW FLIGHTS TO AND FROM SOUTH KOREA OVER THE CORONAVIRUS TRAVEL BAN. (FILE PHOTO)
ON FEB. 28, THE LITECOIN FOUNDATION ANNOUNCED A PARTNERSHIP WITH MECONCASH TO ROLL-OUT LITECOIN (LTC) TO KOREAN WON WITHDRAWALS AND REMITTANCES FROM 13,000 ATMS IN SOUTH KOREA.
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
THE TWO SIDES ARE DISCUSSING THE FINAL DETAILS OF THE REDUCED EFFORT. THE COMMAND OVERSEEING US FORCES IN KOREA, ALONG WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN MILITARY, COULD MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT AS SOON AS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT IN THE US, EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING IN SOUTH KOREA, THE OFFICIALS SAID.
THERE WERE 219 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES IN SOUTH KOREA, BRINGING THE COUNTRY"S TOTAL INFECTIONS TO 3,150, ACCORDING TO THE KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION.
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.
「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.
TURKEY'S HEALTH MINISTER FAHRETTIN KOCA SAID SATURDAY THAT ALL PASSENGER FLIGHTS TO AND FROM ITALY, IRAQ AND SOUTH KOREA HAD BEEN HALTED DUE TO THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK.
A NOVEL CORONAVIRUS IS CAUSING AN OUTBREAK OF COVID-19IN SOUTH KOREA. ON JANUARY 30, 2020, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DETERMINED THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK CONSTITUTES A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY OF INTERNATIONAL CONCERN (PHEIC). THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT HAS REPORTED CASES OF THE COVID-19 IN THE COUNTRY AND HAS UPGRADED ITS RESPONSE LEVEL TO 「GRAVE」, ITS HIGHEST RESPONSE LEVEL….

 

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