BTS cancel concerts as South Korea virus cases rise faster than China

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'We must take into consideration the health and safety of hundreds of thousands of guests as well as our artists.'

The BTS concerts are the latest events to be cancelled or postponed as the outbreak has spread in the world's 12th-largest economy, including the K-league football season and the World Team Table Tennis Championships.

The auto manufacturer had temporarily stopped all domestic production earlier this month because of a lack of parts due to the outbreak in China.South Korea reported 571 new cases on Friday, taking its total - the highest in the world outside China - to 2,337, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.The World Health Organization has warned that all countries should ensure their health systems were prepared for an outbreak.

More than 85 per cent of South Korea's coronavirus cases are in Daegu and the neighbouring province of North Gyeongsang, according to the KCDC. The country's death toll remains at 13.One BTS fan said on the band's Facebook page that the decision on the concerts was a"regrettable but inevitable call", although others lamented that the shows had been cancelled, rather than postponed.

 

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