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S. Korea reports 376 more coronavirus cases, total 3526 @ 2020-03-01T20: Back Hot News
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SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN (R) HAS HIS BODY TEMPERATURE CHECKED AS HE ARRIVES AT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN SEOUL ON FEBRUARY 28, 2020. - K-POP MEGASTARS BTS ON FEBRUARY 28 CANCELLED FOUR CONCERTS THEY WERE DUE TO HOLD IN SEOUL IN APRIL, THEIR AGENCY SAID, AS THE CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK SPREADS IN SOUTH KOREA. THE COUNTRY HAS SO FAR CONFIRMED MORE THAN 2,000 CASES OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, BY FAR THE LARGEST NATIONAL TOTAL OUTSIDE CHINA, THE ORIGIN OF THE DISEASE. (PHOTO BY - / YONHAP / AFP) / - SOUTH KOREA OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT NO ARCHIVES RESTRICTED TO SUBSCRIPTION USE (AFP/YONHAP)
SEOUL: SOUTH KOREA CONFIRMED 219 MORE CORONAVIRUS CASES ON SATURDAY (FEB 29), THE BIGGEST INCREASE TO DATE FOR THE COUNTRY AND TAKING THE NATIONAL TOTAL TO 3,150 INFECTIONS WITH THREE ADDITIONAL DEATHS.
THAT CAME A DAY AFTER THE BIGGEST DAILY JUMP OF 813 CASES IN SOUTH KOREA’S BATTLE WITH THE LARGEST VIRUS OUTBREAK OUTSIDE CHINA, THE KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (KCDC) SAID. THE DEATH TOLL ROSE TO 20, UP FROM 17 THE DAY BEFORE.
THE HEALTH AND WELFARE MINISTRY SAID IN A STATEMENT THAT 657 OF THE NEW CASES WERE IN DAEGU, THE EPICENTER OF SOUTH KOREA’S COVID-19 OUTBREAK. THE TOTAL IN THE CITY, WHOSE MASS OUTBREAK IS LINKED TO A SECRETIVE RELIGIOUS GROUP, NOW EXCEEDS 2,200.
AT A WHITE HOUSE NEWS CONFERENCE, MR. TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGED THE FIRST DEATH RECORDED IN THE UNITED STATES, IN WASHINGTON STATE. VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE SAID THE ADMINISTRATION WAS ISSUING ITS HIGHEST-LEVEL WARNING, KNOWN AS A 「DO NOT TRAVEL」 WARNING, TO AREAS OF ITALY AND SOUTH KOREA MOST AFFECTED BY THE VIRUS.
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
ECONOMISTS AT ANZ RESEARCH SAID THEY WERE LOWERING THEIR 2020 GDP GROWTH FORECAST FOR SOUTH KOREA FROM 2.3% TO 1.9%. "ALTHOUGH THE VIRUS RISKS FACED BY SOUTH KOREA WERE INITIALLY LIMITED TO SECTORS RELATED TO CHINA AND INBOUND TOURISTS, THE SPIKE IN LOCAL CONFIRMED INFECTIONS WILL NOW EXACERBATE THE STRAIN ON THE ECONOMY VIA THE TOURISM, CONSUMPTION, AND PRODUCTION CHANNELS," THE ECONOMISTS WROTE. — ROY CHOUDHURY
THE STREETS OF DAEGU -- SOUTH KOREA'S FOURTH-LARGEST CITY WITH A POPULATION OF 2.5 MILLION -- HAVE BEEN LARGELY DESERTED FOR DAYS, APART FROM LONG QUEUES AT THE FEW SHOPS WITH MASKS FOR SALE.
SEOUL, FEB 29 (REUTERS) - SOUTH KOREA REPORTED 594 NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES, RAISING THE COUNTRY’S TOTAL INFECTIONS TO 2,931, THE KOREA CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (KCDC) SAID ON SATURDAY.
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE ATTENDED SERVICES WITH PATIENT 31 IN RECENT WEEKS AT A BRANCH OF THE SHINCHEONJI CHURCH OF JESUS THE TEMPLE OF THE TABERNACLE OF THE TESTIMONY, A RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT FOUNDED IN 1984 BY SOUTH KOREAN LEE MAN-HEE, WHO IS REVERED AS A MESSIAH BY FOLLOWERS.
ISRAEL』S HEALTH MINISTRY ORDERED THE IMMEDIATE SUSPENSION OF ALL TOURS BY SOUTH KOREAN TOURISTS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN ISRAEL, ACCORDING TO KAN RADIO. HEALTH OFFICIALS WERE WORKING WITH THE TOURISM MINISTRY AND TRAVEL AGENCIES TO BOOK FLIGHTS BACK TO SOUTH KOREA FOR THE 1,700 SOUTH KOREA TOURISTS IN ISRAEL.

 

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