South Korea (2019-nCoV)

A U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) soldier stationed in South Korea's southeastern town of Chilgok tested positive for the new coronavirus https://m-en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200226004100325?section=national/defense

Coronavirus in South Korea Warning - Level 3, Avoid Nonessential Travel

South Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention informed United States Forces Korea today that a USFK dependent living in Daegu tested positive for COVID-19, making this the first time a USFK-related individual has tested positive for the virus. USFK has raised the risk level to “high” for USFK peninsula-wide as a prudent measure to protect the force. https://www.usfk.mil/Media/News/Article/2091383/usfk-individual-confirmed-with-covid-19/

A number of interesting observations regarding SARS-CoV-2 were made in this paper which have implications regarding treatment. "Unlike SARS-CoV infection,8 we found that viral load was highest during the early phase of the illness (3–5 days from first symptom onset, fever and myalgia were the only symptoms in Patient 1) and continued to decrease until the end of the second week. While she developed cough as well as shortness of breath and infiltration appeared on CXR at the end of first week of illness, the viral load already started to decrease at this phase. This may have a very important implication to determine the optimal time point for antiviral treatment inter…

On the 24th, 70 new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) were confirmed.The number of domestic confirmations increased to 833. In addition, one corona19 confirmed patient who was being treated at Kyungpook National University Hospital was confirmed to have died. 8th death in Korea. https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20200224143452017?section=society/all

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CEO Eun Eun-kyung) said 46 additional confirmed patients compared to 09 o'clock today as of February 23, 20, 2016. <Note Report and Management Status in Korea (As of 13:00 on February 23rd, accumulated after 1.3 days)> division sum Confirmation patient status Inspection Status system Quarantine In isolation Dead system Under inspection Result voice…

The Health Ministry on Saturday said nine South Koreans tested positive for the coronavirus after a recent visit to Israel. https://www.timesofisrael.com/7-south-koreans-said-to-test-positive-for-virus-after-returning-from-israel/

South Korea's confirmed cases of the new coronavirus more than doubled in a day to 433 on Saturday, led by two clusters of infections at a religious organization in Daegu and a neighboring hospital. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200222001157320

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South Korea is the latest hot spot with 100 new cases taking its total to 204, most in Daegu, a city of 2.5 million, where scores were infected in what authorities called a “super-spreading event” at a church, traced to an infected 61-year-old woman who attended services. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health/coronavirus-on-g20-agenda-as-china-reports-uptick-in-cases-idUSKBN20F01P

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200220002055320 SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea reported its first death from the new coronavirus on Thursday, with 53 new cases of the coronavirus confirmed in a single day to bring the total here to 104. Most new cases occurred in the southeastern city of Daegu. The city's mayor urged its 2.5 million people to refrain from going outside to stem the spread of the virus. This week's surge in the number of infected people, increasing the nation's total infections by more than 70, came as the health authorities warned that the virus has begun spreading locally. Vice Health and Welfare Minister Kim Kang-lip told repor…

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https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a20501000000&bid=0015&list_no=366236&act=view Of the 15 newly identified patients, 13 were identified in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, 11 of whom were identified as being associated with the 31st patient (the same church as the patient (10) and contacts in the hospital (1)). In the meantime, two are in the process of associating. -In addition, a family member (daughter, born in 2009, Korean nationality) whose symptoms were identified during self-isolation as a contact of the 20th patient was confirmed and is being hospitalized for treatment at Seoul National University Bundang Hospital. -In addition, one patie…

http://ncov.mohw.go.kr/tcmBoardView.do?contSeq=352958 * 31st patient (59 years old, female, Korean, stated that they cannot travel abroad), confirmed positive after conducting examination at Daegu Suseong-gu public health center, quarantined national hospitalization hospital

https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200217003751320 SEOUL, Feb. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Monday identified another case of the novel coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections to 30, with the latest two cases' triggering alarm bells as authorities do not know how the infections took place. According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), the country's latest patient is the 68-year-old wife of the 29th case who tested positive for the virus Sunday. The 82-year-old man is not known to have been in contact with the country's other virus-confirmed patients or recently traveled abroad. …

No history of travel to China. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20200216001300320 SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea reported another confirmed case of the novel coronavirus for the first time in five days on Sunday, bringing the total here to 29. The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) said the latest case involves an 82-year-old South Korean man who had no record of overseas travel. He tested positive for the virus after visiting Korea University Anam Hospital in Seoul. This is South Korea's first novel coronavirus case since Tuesday, when the country reported its 28th COVID-19 infection. …

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https://www.cdc.go.kr/board/board.es?mid=a20501000000&bid=0015&act=view&list_no=365900&tag=&nPage=1 2 new patients with new coronavirus -Epidemiological investigation in progress- □ The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CEO Eun-Kyung Jung) announced on January 30 that two additional patients with new coronavirus infection were identified. ○ The fifth patient (a 32-year-old male, Korean) returned home on January 24 after visiting Wuhan, China. -As usual, there was an intermittent cough due to asthma and no fever, and it was positively identified as an active monitor. ○ The sixth patient (56-year-old male, Kor…

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