Coronavirus: Chinese students in South Korea advised to take leave of absence, as cases rise

South Korea now has 30 confirmed infections, the latest being the wife of Case 29, a man who had not recently travelled abroad or met any other virus patients

Ahead of school reopening in March, Chinese students who have not yet flown to South Korea have been advised to take online classes or skip the first semester

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Students wear masks at a school in Busan, South Korea, on February 11, 2020. Photo: YNA/dpa

Published: 12:06pm, 17 Feb 2020Updated: 9:51pm, 28 Feb 2020

South Korea has confirmed its 30th case of the novel coronavirus, health officials said on Monday.

The country’s latest case, a 68-year-old woman, is the wife of Case 29. Her husband tested positive on Sunday.

The 82-year-old man was not known to have recently travelled abroad or been in contact with anyone diagnosed with the Covid-19 disease.

“The wife had been in self-quarantine and transferred to a hospital for monitoring and treatment,” Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said.

The KCDC said Case 29 first visited a local hospital in his neighbourhood on Saturday, and went to an emergency centre for a heart problem the next day at Korea University Anam Hospital, where he tested positive for the coronavirus. The emergency centre is now closed.

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