Virus Outbreak: News and Analysis From 23 August 2020
Defectors say South Korean investigations threaten North Korean ‘Underground Railroad’
SEOUL (Reuters) – A combination of coronavirus border closure and an unusual pressure campaign by a South Korean government willing to deal with North Korea could destroy networks that defectors have long used to start a new life, say activist groups. FILE PHOTO: Former North Korean defectors who were soldiers …
Read More »In just a few days, Vietnam goes from virus-free paradise to panic
HANOI (Reuters) – There were so few cases of coronavirus in Vietnam that each patient was known by a number: Patient 17 brought the virus from Europe after an initial wave of Wuhan infections. Patient 91, a British pilot, almost died. Medical specialists wearing protective suits collect blood samples from …
Read More »Vietnam prepares for a new wave of coronavirus despite early success in containing the outbreak
A propaganda poster about preventing the spread of Covid-19 is seen on a wall as a man smokes a cigarette on a street in Hanoi on April 29, 2020. Manan Vatsyayana | AFP | fake pictures Vietnam, once praised for its success in containing the coronavirus outbreak, is now battling …
Read More »Vietnam closes its third largest city as virus cases grow
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) – Vietnam closed its third-largest city on Tuesday for two weeks after 22 hospital-linked COVID-19 cases were found, the government said. The new cases in the central city of Da Nang are the first confirmed local transmission of the virus in the country in more than three …
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