South Korea’s Virus Outbreak May Be Slowing, Officials Say
- The number of new coronavirus cases ‘a little bit stagnant’
- South Korea has tested almost 200,000 suspected virus cases
Tourist guides in masks stand in Namdaemun Market in Seoul, March 5.
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The coronavirus outbreak in South Korea is showing signs of slowing as the rate of new daily infections falls and health authorities almost finished testing members of a religious sect at the center of the epidemic, the country’s health minister said.
With the number of new cases slowing to 367 from 483 the day before, Health Minister Park Neung-hoo said late Sunday the virus spread -- once the biggest globally outside of China -- appeared to be “a little bit stagnant.” The country was at an early stage of stabilizing the outbreak in the city of Daegu and North Gyeongsang province, where the majority of new cases have been reported.