SOUTH KOREA CORONAVIRUS CRISIS: Second Death Announced, 7 More Cases in last 4 hours. Infected 211,Dead 2, Suspected Cases 47,350
Source: Thailand Medical News Feb 21, 2020 6 years, 6 days, 10 hours, 19 minutes ago
South Korea Coronavirus crisis is escalating by each hour. A second
coronavirus patient has died in South Korea, according to
South Korea’s National Disaster Prevention and Countermeasures Headquarters.
The dead patient was identified as a woman born in 1965. She was confirmed to have the
coronavirus only just today.
The first patient in
South Korea to die from the novel
coronavirus had a chronic lung disease and had been hospitalized for a long period of time, Jung Eun-Kyeong, the director of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, said.
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Jung Eun-Kyeong, head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Meanwhile, Daegu health authorities said that 7 more individuals had their test results confirm that they were
coronavirus positive. There are hundreds of test specimens that are pending laboratory test and results taken from suspected cases nationwide.
The 7 test results belong to residents from Daegu province.
Laboratory personnel said that the numbers are expected to rise drastically over the weekend as many test specimens are now coming in from various locations for the nucleic tests.
It is said that there are more than 47,350 suspected cases being observed and investigated nationwide all over
South Korea including workers from many large sized factories, medical staff and patients from hospitals, and soldiers from various army bases and also staff from companies.
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