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Coronavirus: South Korean sect identified as hotbed – BBC News, Bbc.com

Coronavirus: South Korean sect identified as hotbed – BBC News, Bbc.com
        

                                 Workers spray disinfectant at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: 20 February 2020 Image copyright                   AFP / Getty Images                                                        
Image caption                                      South Korea now has more than 90 confirmed coronavirus cases                              

A religious group in South Korea has been identified as a coronavirus hotbed, officials say, amid a sharp rise in confirmed cases in the country.

It is believed that the infections among members of the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony sect in the city of Daegu are linked to one woman.

the sect accounts for (of) new cases, with officials warning of an unprecedented crisis in the country.

South Korea also confirmed its first death from the virus, named covid – .

The coronavirus. , which originated in China’s Hubei province, causes pneumonia-like symptoms.

China has now seen 2, deaths and recorded nearly Workers spray disinfectant at a bus terminal in Seoul, South Korea. Photo: 20 February 2020 , infections.

On Thursday, Japan said two of its passengers who contracted the coronavirus on board quarantined cruise ship Diamond Princess had died. The man and the woman were in their (s.

What about the outbreak among sect members?

South Korean health officials believe that the infections are linked to a

– year-old woman who tested positive for the virus earlier this week.

The Korean Center for Disease Control says the woman – who has not been identified – had contact with 394 people, who were asked to self -quarantine.

at least

(of the new Covid – 26 infections were on Thursday recorded among sect members in Daegu, a city of about 2.5 million people in the south-east. The Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony, which has been accused of being a cult, s Aid it had now shut down its Daegu branch and that services in other regions would be held online or individually at home. mayor of the city has described the event as an “unprecedented crisis” and urged people in the city to stay indoors. Commanders on a nearby US military base also imposed access restrictions, news agency AFP reported.

What’s the overall picture in South Korea?

The number of confirmed cases now stands at 118.

New cases were also reported in the capital Seoul and the nearby North Gyeongsang province.

                                                                                                                       

Meanwhile, the authorities revealed that a man died on Wednesday from pneumonia believed to have been caused by the coronavirus.

The 63 – year-old man – who has not been publicly named – died in hospital in the south-eastern city of Cheongdo.

He was among

    people at the hospital who had previously tested positive for the virus.

The victim had been bedridden for more than years at the hospital, Yonhap news agency reports.

What’s the latest from the Diamond Princess ship?

The ocean liner was carrying 3, 749 people in total and passengers who tested negative for the virus began leaving the ship on Wednesday after a – day quarantine.

Hundreds have now disembarked from the cruise liner docked in Yokohama. Others are set to leave over the next two days.

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Image caption                                      Hundreds of passengers from the ship are making their way home                              

more than

Australian passengers have already arrived in Darwin, where they will begin two weeks of quarantine.

The first batch of people from Hong Kong have also flown back to the city, where they will similarly be quarantined.

UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab said

Britons stranded on the ship would be able to board an evacuation flight home on Friday, as long as they were not showing symptoms of the virus.

Indonesia is also set to repatriate its citizens. .

In other developments:

  • Chinese nationals were barred from entering Russia as of Thursday as a precautionary measure
  • Australia extended until 29 February its ban on international arrivals who had been to China Residents in central Ukraine blocked roads to try to stop a planeload of coronavirus evacuees from China being quarantined there And what about China?

    China reported 166 new deaths on Wednesday but the number of new infections recorded was (compared with 1, Payeer (on Tuesday.

    There are more than 1, 14 cases outside China, including on Diamond Princess and in Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong.

    Iran says two people infected with the virus have died in the city of Qom – the first reported deaths in the Middle East.

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    Image caption                                      China says the virus mostly kills the sick and elderly                              

    On Wednesday, Hong Kong said a – year-old man with established illnesses had become the territory’s second fatality.

    Japan has three deaths attributed to the virus, while France, the Philippines and Taiwan have each reported one death.

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