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New infections again skid, clusters, imported cases still concerns

A worker wearing protective gears disinfects as a precaution against the new coronavirus at a shopping district in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 20, 2020. APSouth Korea saw a slight decline in new coronavirus cases Friday, but cluster infections continued to emerge amid a rise in cases involving arrivals from overseas. The 91 new cases, which were detected Thursday and down from 104 new cases on Wednesday, marked the 16th consecutive day that there were around 100 or fewer additional cases, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). There were 9,332 confirmed cases in total and the death toll rose by eight to 139.The number of imported cases climbed by 13 to reach 144, the KCDC said.Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, the nation's two worst-affected regions, reported 34 and nine new cases, respectively.Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province, which surrounds the capital city, saw their new daily infections rise by 26 to 830 Thursday. South Korea began implementing stricter rules on social distancing Sunday to slow the coronavirus pandemic that emerged

Mar 27, 2020
New infections again skid, clusters, imported cases still concerns

UK now has more COVID-19 cases than Korea

A man in a mask passes a view of St Paul's Cathedral on Millennium Bridge in London, March 26, 2020. EPABritain recorded more than 100 coronavirus deaths in a 24-hour period for the first time on Thursday, with 115 people who tested positive for the virus dying."As of 5pm (1700 GMT) on 25 March 2020, 578 patients in the UK who tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19) have died," said the official government website, up from 463 on Wednesday.A total of 11,658 cases have now been confirmed in Britain, a daily increase of more than 2,000.The outbreak is concentrated in London, with the head of an organisation representing bosses in the state-run National Health Service warning on Thursday that hospitals in the capital were being overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients.The chief executive of NHS Providers, Chris Hopson, told BBC radio that hospitals in the British capital have seen an "explosion of demand... in seriously ill patients", likening it to a "continuous tsunami", with numbers predicted to surge in the next fortnight. (AFP)

Mar 27, 2020
UK now has more COVID-19 cases than Korea

Trump says he has heard 'so much' about Korea amid COVID-19 pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Briefing Room, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Washington. APU.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday he has heard "so much" about South Korea since the coronavirus outbreak, as the country's handling of COVID-19 has been praised in American media and elsewhere.During a daily White House press briefing on the coronavirus, Trump also said he has a great relationship with South Korean President Moon Jae-in but insisted the U.S. is doing a better job than South Korea by doing more coronavirus testing.Trump has boasted since Tuesday that the U.S. has tested more people in eight days than South Korea did in eight weeks, but the claim was later proven to be incorrect and also diminished by the large difference in populations."I told you yesterday, eight days here because you heard so much about South Korea," Trump said. "The media kept talking, 'South Korea, South Korea.' We have a great relationship with President Moon of South Korea. But when I hear so much about South Korea ― so, in eight days, in eight days, we d

Mar 27, 2020
Trump says he has heard 'so much' about Korea amid COVID-19 pandemic

US emerges as virus hotspot as infections, unemployment soar

An NYPD officer wears personal protective equipment while maintaining order along a line to enter COVID-19 testing site at Elmhurst Hospital Center, Wednesday, March 25, 2020, in New York. APThe United States was quickly becoming a new epicenter of the global coronavirus pandemic Thursday as new infections soared and unemployment claims skyrocketed to a historic high.Hospitals increasingly have reported being overwhelmed with COVID-19 cases and 40 percent of Americans are under lockdown orders, although a buoyant Wall Street recouped more of this month's massive losses as Congress moved forward on a $2 trillion rescue package.More than 100 people died in the past day in virus hotbed New York, where a long line of people, most in masks and standing three feet (a meter) apart, snaked outside the Elmhurst hospital in Jackson Heights under police watch as they waited to be tested.Governor Andrew Cuomo said the top priority was to "flatten the curve" of new cases as the New York City area tries to more than double its available number of hospital beds to 140,000."This is all about getting

Mar 27, 2020
US emerges as virus hotspot as infections, unemployment soar

'Mandatory self-quarantine must for all international arrivals'

Passengers from Germany arrive at the Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, Thursday. All passengers from the U.S. and Europe should undergo COVID-19 tests. /YonhapBy Bahk Eun-jiAll passengers arriving from overseas should be placed under a mandatory two-week self-quarantine regardless of their place of departure as Korea has seen the number of “imported” coronavirus infections soar over the past week, according to medical experts, Thursday.The government has already implemented measures for the coronavirus tests on all arrivals from Europe, and those from the United States who show symptoms beginning Friday while it has kept travel restrictions at minimal levels. The strengthened measures came as the country has been observing an increasing number of COVID-19 cases among people coming from abroad despite a gradual decline in domestic numbers. Doctors have strongly warned that all arrivals from overseas should be under stricter monitoring and quarantine measures to contain any possibility of a further spread of the virus.“No country in the world is safe from

Mar 26, 2020By Bahk Eun-ji
'Mandatory self-quarantine must for all international arrivals'

Korean students in UK 'disappointed' in country's handling of COVID-19

Empty telephone boxes are seen in a near-deserted central London on March 25 after the government ordered a lockdown to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. AFPBy Jean-Baptiste AndrieuxKorean students in Britain say they have been disappointed and upset at the country's poor handling of COVID-19.Repeated policy changes of the U.K. government in the face of the global pandemic is at the heart of their concerns.“Prime Minister Boris Johnson refused to put the country on lockdown but changed his mind after a few days,” said Kim Min-jeong, a resident of Oxford. “Countries like Italy, Spain and France reacted more quickly.”Johnson announced his decision to put the U.K. on lockdown on the evening of March 23, two weeks after Italy and nine days after Spain ― two other badly hit countries in Europe.“I was quite surprised when I heard that there was no systematic testing,” Park Ji-hun, who left London before the shutdown, said. “Also, I felt that preventive measures such as shortening the opening times of public establishments and social distanc

Mar 26, 2020
Korean students in UK 'disappointed' in country's handling of COVID-19

Teen confirmed to have COVID-19 after traveling around Jeju for five days

Airplanes are parked at Jeju International Airport on Jeju Island, March 24. A woman, 19, a Seoul resident, was confirmed to have COVID-19 after traveling around the island for five days. YonhapBy Jung Min-hoA woman, 19, was confirmed to have been infected with COVID-19 after traveling around Jeju Island for five days, authorities said Wednesday.According to the Jeju government, the woman and three other people, including her mother, arrived on Jeju March 20 and ― despite her coronavirus symptoms ― traveled around the island before being confirmed to have the disease at a Seoul health center on March 24.As a result, 38 people, who had been in close contact with her, are now under quarantine in their homes. Most of them are residents of Jeju, an island with a population of 670,000.Their movement information, which is available on the Jeju government website, shows they stayed at Hanwha Resort Jeju for the first two nights and at Haevichi Hotel and Resort Jeju for the other two. All places they visited have been disinfected.The patient, a college student in the United States, returned

Mar 26, 2020By Jung Min-ho
Teen confirmed to have COVID-19 after traveling around Jeju for five days

97-year-old recovers from coronavirus; the oldest back in shape in South Korea

GettyimageBy Park Si-soo A woman, 97, has recovered from the coronavirus after a two-week treatment, the oldest South Korean to prevail in a fight against the deadly disease. She had been treated at Pohang Medical Center since March 13 after testing positive for the virus. Symptoms she experienced were not revealed.The woman is in a self-isolation at home after leaving the hospital to stave off re-infection. As of noon Thursday, 4,144 out of 9,241 people infected with the coronavirus have recovered. The oldest patient here ― on course for recovery ― is a 104-year-old woman, who is being treated at Pohang Medical Center.

Mar 26, 2020
97-year-old recovers from coronavirus; the oldest back in shape in South Korea

S. Korea reports 104 new virus cases, total now at 9,241

South Korea reported 104 new cases of the novel coronavirus Thursday, up from 100 new cases a day earlier, bringing the nation's total infections to 9,241. The 104 new cases, detected Wednesday, marked the 15th consecutive day that there were 100 or fewer additional cases, according to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC). The death toll rose by five to 131. The total number of imported cases jumped by 30 to 131, the KCDC said.Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province, the nation's two worst-affected regions, reported 26 and 12 new cases, respectively.Other major provinces and cities also reported infections, with 13 additional cases in Seoul.South Korea began implementing stricter rules on social distancing Sunday to slow the coronavirus pandemic that emerged in China late last year. Citizens are strongly urged to stay at home, except for essential needs or jobs, with the government restricting religious gatherings, indoor sports activities and visits to nightclubs and other entertainment venues. South Korea has enforced a two-week quarantine period and virus tests

Mar 26, 2020
S. Korea reports 104 new virus cases, total now at 9,241

All arrivals from US subject to self-isolation for 2 weeks

Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun speaks during a pan-government meeting on coronavirus responses at the Government Complex in Seoul, Wednesday. YonhapBy Jun Ji-hyeThe government will implement stricter screening procedures for travelers from the United States, starting Friday, amid a continuous spike in the number of foreign-origin COVID-19 cases here, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said Wednesday. The enhanced measures require entrants from the United States who show any symptoms associated with the new coronavirus to be moved to a quarantine station at airports to undergo coronavirus tests. Korean nationals, and foreigners who will stay a long time in Korea, are required to undergo a 14-day self-quarantine even if they do not show any symptoms. Chung said during a pan-government meeting on the coronavirus response that it was an urgent task to tighten quarantine measures on arrivals from the United States as the risk of an influx of cases from other countries has kept increasing. “There is no time for delay as an increasing number of Korean nationals in the United States includin

Mar 25, 2020
All arrivals from US subject to self-isolation for 2 weeks
  • PM's ultimatum: 'No mercy for people caught ignoring self-isolation rules'
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