The Latest: South Korea Capital Adds More Coronavirus Cases
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| - | <br> | + | <br>He says 58 employees in the presidential offices have tested positive for the virus, up from 18 on Sunday. Those who have tested positive include people from administration and security areas. Giammattei says he has been tested multiple times, but always has come out negative. On Friday, Guatemala reported more than 8,600 infections and 351 deaths. BEIJING — Officials in China’s capital are moving quickly to stem a new [https://www.foxnews.com/world/south-korea-church-coronavirus-spread South Korea coronavirus] outbreak after the discovery of seven cases the past two days. The National Health Commission said six of the cases were confirmed in Beijing on Friday, a day after the first was reported. They are the first locally transmitted cases in the city in more than 50 days. Chinese media said at least two of the infected people had visited a wholesale market dealing in fresh food. Authorities said all workers at the Xinfadi market were being tested for the virus and testing of food and environmental samples had been ordered for all Beijing’s wholesale food markets. Earlier, the city said it was delaying the planned reopening of school Monday for first to third graders because of the new cases. SAN DIEGO — A top U.S.<br><br>I asked Choi how the country had come together so quickly to stem the spread of the disease. "It’s about civic memory, not Confucius," he said. "We remember MERS. We remember other epidemics. We know this is a marathon. As he spoke, my mind turned to vaccination. A live vaccine uses a weakened version of a virus to teach the immune system how to respond to the real thing.<br><br>South Korea’s fast-spreading outbreak has fuelled fears that the coronavirus, which is believed to have begun in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December, is developing into a global pandemic. About 60 per cent of South Korea’s cases have been linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, where the first case was reported in a 61-year-old woman, but it is not known how she became infected. South Korea also reported its ninth death from the virus, a patient from a hospital in North Gyeongsang Province. The leader of the Shincheonji Church said it had agreed to provide authorities with the names of all its members in South Korea, estimated by media at about 215,000 people.<br> |
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He says 58 employees in the presidential offices have tested positive for the virus, up from 18 on Sunday. Those who have tested positive include people from administration and security areas. Giammattei says he has been tested multiple times, but always has come out negative. On Friday, Guatemala reported more than 8,600 infections and 351 deaths. BEIJING — Officials in China’s capital are moving quickly to stem a new South Korea coronavirus outbreak after the discovery of seven cases the past two days. The National Health Commission said six of the cases were confirmed in Beijing on Friday, a day after the first was reported. They are the first locally transmitted cases in the city in more than 50 days. Chinese media said at least two of the infected people had visited a wholesale market dealing in fresh food. Authorities said all workers at the Xinfadi market were being tested for the virus and testing of food and environmental samples had been ordered for all Beijing’s wholesale food markets. Earlier, the city said it was delaying the planned reopening of school Monday for first to third graders because of the new cases. SAN DIEGO — A top U.S.
I asked Choi how the country had come together so quickly to stem the spread of the disease. "It’s about civic memory, not Confucius," he said. "We remember MERS. We remember other epidemics. We know this is a marathon. As he spoke, my mind turned to vaccination. A live vaccine uses a weakened version of a virus to teach the immune system how to respond to the real thing.
South Korea’s fast-spreading outbreak has fuelled fears that the coronavirus, which is believed to have begun in the central Chinese city of Wuhan in December, is developing into a global pandemic. About 60 per cent of South Korea’s cases have been linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, where the first case was reported in a 61-year-old woman, but it is not known how she became infected. South Korea also reported its ninth death from the virus, a patient from a hospital in North Gyeongsang Province. The leader of the Shincheonji Church said it had agreed to provide authorities with the names of all its members in South Korea, estimated by media at about 215,000 people.
