- Title: South Korean army disinfects cram school in Daegu
- Date: 13th March 2020
- Summary: DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA (MARCH 13, 2020) (REUTERS) SOLDIERS IN PROTECTIVE SUIT SPRAYING DISINFECTANT AT MATH CRAM SCHOOL VARIOUS OF SOLDIERS DISINFECTING CLASSROOM SOLDIERS HOLDING SPRAY AND WIPER PASSING BY SOLDIER WIPING BLACK BOARD SOLDIER WIPING OFF WINDOWSILL SOLDIER SPRAYING DISINFECTANT AT CLASSROOM SOLDIER DISINFECTING CRAM SCHOOL SOLDIERS GETTING ON MINIBUS
- Embargoed: 27th March 2020 08:44
- Keywords: COVID-19 Daegu South Korea army coronavirus cram school disinfection soldiers
- Location: DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA
- City: DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Health/Medicine
- Reuters ID: LVA001C4VY0XZ
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- Story Text:The South Korean Army disinfected a private cram school in Daegu on Friday (March 13) amid the country reporting more recoveries from the coronavirus than new infections.
About 30 military officers were mobilized in the disinfection work of facilities at five private institutes in the western part of Daegu, according to the country's army.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) recorded 110 new coronavirus cases on Friday compared with 114 a day earlier, taking the national tally to 7,979. The death toll rose by three to 70.
Of the latest 110 cases, 61 were from the hard-hit southeastern city of Daegu where a fringe Christian church at the centre of the epidemic is located, while 17 and 13 were in Sejong and Seoul, respectively.
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