Hong Kong has announced that all classes in schools will be further suspended until at least April 19 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
From CNN's Sophie Jeong in Seoul and Eric Cheung in Hong Kong
The religious group at the center of a novel coronavirus outbreak in South Korea has agreed to hand over a list of its entire congregation and their contact information to health authorities, according to South Korea’s vice health minister.cases are linked to a branch of the Shincheonji religious group in the southern city of Daegu.
Kim said the group has also agreed to provide a list of members in other areas who visited the Daegu branch in January and February, and a list of members of the Daegu branch who visited other areas. More than 9,000 practitioners have been put into self-isolation while they are tested by health authorities.The Shincheonji group is a Christian-inspired religious movement centered around the personality of its founder and chairman, Lee Man-hee.
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