Workers in traditional outfits, along with surgical masks, at a palace in Seoul, South Korea. A coronavirus outbreak in the country has worsened in recent days. Photo: AP Workers in traditional outfits, along with surgical masks, at a palace in Seoul, South Korea. A coronavirus outbreak in the country has worsened in recent days. Photo: AP
Workers in traditional outfits, along with surgical masks, at a palace in Seoul, South Korea. A coronavirus outbreak in the country has worsened in recent days. Photo: AP
Hong Kong /  Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong bans travellers from South Korea amid growing coronavirus outbreak, advises against trips to country

  • City residents, while exempt from ban, must quarantine for 14 days if they have been in the country’s two most infected areas
  • Multiple tour companies cancel tours through end of March, scuppering travel plans for 3,200 people

Topic |   Coronavirus South Korea
Zoe LowCannix Yau
Zoe Low and Cannix Yau

Updated: 9:48pm, 28 Feb, 2020

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Workers in traditional outfits, along with surgical masks, at a palace in Seoul, South Korea. A coronavirus outbreak in the country has worsened in recent days. Photo: AP Workers in traditional outfits, along with surgical masks, at a palace in Seoul, South Korea. A coronavirus outbreak in the country has worsened in recent days. Photo: AP
Workers in traditional outfits, along with surgical masks, at a palace in Seoul, South Korea. A coronavirus outbreak in the country has worsened in recent days. Photo: AP
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