South Korea ups emergency response as viral cases surge

Workers wearing protective gears spray disinfectant as a precaution against the new coronavirus at Agricultural and Wholesale Products Center in Daegu, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. The mayor of the South Korean city of Daegu urged its 2.5 million people on Thursday to refrain from going outside as cases of the new virus, linked to a church congregation, spiked and he pleaded for help from the central government.

South Korea also reported 52 new cases of the illness, raising its total to 156, most of them since Wednesday. One death in South Korea was linked to the COVID-19 illness. The spike in cases, especially in the city of Daegu and nearby areas, has raised fears the outbreak is getting out of control in the country.Authorities also reported the first two cases of the virus in South Korea’s 600,000-member military.

“A month into the outbreak, we have entered an emergency phase,” Chung said. “Our efforts until now had been focused on blocking the illness from entering the country. But we will now shift the focus on preventing the illness from spreading further in local communities.” Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin on Thursday urged the city’s 2.5 million people to stay home and wear masks even indoors if possible.

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Very sad hope its eradicated and the ones infected get better

The new Wuhan in Korea.

trump is pissed about the parasites.

Thanks to a superspreader People still going on a cruise when WHO is warning of new outbreaks and how we have an opportunity to control the virus still. Why are people not taking COVID19 serious yet?

Well, declaring a special zone doesn't make it a non-special country over virus crisis.

Hi. I see you wrote 'South Korea' but did you know that Koreans don't really like it when you specify 'South' when it's not totally necessary to what you're saying? It's a painful and unwelcome reminder of our divided country. Please consider this in the future. 감사합니다!

The infected figures keep rising

Coronavirus will be the excuse Trump's been looking for to pull US troops out of S Korea.

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Coronavirus has broken containment and contact tracing. We're in the early stages of a global epidemic. Buy medical stock, sell airlines.

2700 being tested, there is simply no way NK has no cases. Probably many

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