People line up to buy face masks at a post office in Daegu. Photo: EPA-EFE People line up to buy face masks at a post office in Daegu. Photo: EPA-EFE
People line up to buy face masks at a post office in Daegu. Photo: EPA-EFE
Asia /  East Asia

Coronavirus: 571 new cases in South Korea take total to 2,337; BTS cancels Seoul concerts

  • Most of the new infections were in Daegu, the location of a church at the centre of the country’s outbreak
  • South Korea’s extra budget to fight the epidemic will be larger than the US$9.5 billion package spent during the 2015 Mers outbreak

Topic |   Coronavirus South Korea
Reuters
Reuters

Updated: 9:48pm, 28 Feb, 2020

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People line up to buy face masks at a post office in Daegu. Photo: EPA-EFE People line up to buy face masks at a post office in Daegu. Photo: EPA-EFE
People line up to buy face masks at a post office in Daegu. Photo: EPA-EFE
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