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Coronavirus: South Korea cases reach 7,869 as new clusters identified at call centre and dance school
- Government urges high-risk organisations to take extra prevention measures, including remote working, staggered shifts and greater separation between office desks
- It identified call centres, private academies, karaoke bars, computer cafes and sport facilities as among places most at risk
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South Korea reported 114 new cases of the coronavirus, as well as six more deaths from the illness, the Korea Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said on Thursday.
The new cases bring the country’s total to 7,869, with 66 deaths, as health officials seek to track down and contain a number of new clusters of infections, including at a call centre in the capital city of Seoul.
The numbers are far lower than the peak of 909 cases reported on February 29, and health officials said the trend does appear to be slowing in what has been the largest outbreak in Asia outside China.
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Still, authorities say the coming days will be crucial in South Korea’s fight to contain the outbreak, and the government will double down on its efforts to prevent new clusters from spreading.
“It is too early to say we are overcoming the disease,” Yoon Tae-ho, director general for public health policy, said at a briefing.
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