NSTworld: An American soldier stationed in SouthKorea has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. covid19
The soldier, a 23-year-old man, is the first infection among the 28,500 troops Washington stations in the South to defend it against the nuclear-armed North.
An 11th person has died of the disease, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said – a Mongolian man in his 30s who became the first foreign national to fall victim to the outbreak.The vast majority – 90 percent – of the new infections were in Daegu, the country’s fourth-largest city and the epicentre of the outbreak, and the neighbouring province of North Gyeongsang.The streets of Daegu – which has a population of 2.
In Daegu, Prime Minster Chung Sye-kyun told a meeting the government would “mobilise all resources and means” to try to control the outbreak. Most of the country’s infections are linked to the Shincheonji Church of Jesus, an entity often accused of being a cult that commands around 200,000 followers.
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