South Korea city deserted after coronavirus “super-spreads” through church
Seoul, South Korea/Beijing, ChinaReuters The streets of South Korea’s fourth-largest city were abandoned on Thursday, with residents holed up indoors after dozens of people caught the coronavirus in what the authorities described as a “super-spreading event” at a church. The deserted shopping malls and cinemas of Daegu, a city of 2.5 million people, became one […]
Passengers depart coronavirus cruise ship at last; Japan’s effort under fire
Tokyo, Japan/Beijing, ChinaReuters Hundreds of people began disembarking a cruise ship in Japan on Wednesday after being held on board for more than two weeks under quarantine, as criticism mounted of Japan’s handling of the biggest coronavirus outbreak outside China. Even as patients trundled off the Diamond Princess cruise liner with their suitcases, Japanese authorities […]