SKorea enters emergency phase with virus

By Sangmi Cha and Hyonhee Shin
Updated February 21 2020 - 4:58pm, first published 4:56pm
There are fears that coronavirus will overwhelm South Korea's health system.
There are fears that coronavirus will overwhelm South Korea's health system.

South Korea has reported 52 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus on Friday, taking the national total to 156 with the majority in Daegu, the country's fourth-largest city with a population of 2.5 million.

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