With 833 cases, the country now says it is on 'red alert' and is taking measures to contain the disease.
are connected to an obscure religious group called the Shincheonji Church of Jesus.
raised the country's virus alert level to red, its highest, for the first time since 2009. This gave authorities the power to shut down schools and restrict flights in and out of the country. It also advised all citizens showing symptoms of respiratory ailments or fever to stay away from work and school and to self-quarantine.It's not clear how many South Koreans will heed that advice.
Despite the surge in case numbers, Kim does not believe the current situation warrants panic or despair. He points out that South Korea's well-regarded national health system has a solid track record of containing epidemics, including SARS in 2003, H1N1 in 2009 and MERS in 2015. "If the government, medical system and the people of South Korea organize the resources we have well and cooperate, then we can fully defeat this outbreak, and it will eventually come to an end," he says.
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