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South Korea wages 『all-out responses』 to virus as total reaches 3,736 @ 2020-03-02T08: 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.
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS SHUT ONE OF ITS MOBILE DEVICE FACTORIES IN SOUTH KOREA AFTER A WORKER TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS, THE YONHAP NEWS AGENCY REPORTED, CITING A COMPANY OFFICIAL.
THE MINISTRY SAID ANGOLA IS NOW ONE OF 35 COUNTRIES TO KEEP OUT SOUTH KOREANS OR FOREIGNERS WHO"VE RECENTLY VISITED SOUTH KOREA.
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.
​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
HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES HAS ANNOUNCED THAT THE ABROAD SPRING SEMESTER PROGRAM TO SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO THE LOOMING THREAT OF THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS, ALSO KNOWN AS COVID-19.
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.
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.
(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.
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.
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.
「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.

 

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