S. Korea moves to contain virus outbreak amid spike in new cases

Officials designate 'special care zones', military troops confined to bases. FMTNews Coronavirus China Wuhan Hubei Covid19

South Korea reported 52 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus, taking the national total to 156.

Malls, restaurants and streets in city were largely empty as the mayor called the outbreak an “unprecedented crisis”. He said the city would ban any kind of mass gathering and repeated a request for residents to stay at home. The government will designate Daegu and neighbouring Cheongdo County as “special care zones”, Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun said at a meeting of senior government officials in Seoul on Friday.

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