South Korea’s drastic measures against the coronavirus offers a glimpse of what the U.S. may need to do.
March 4, 2020, 12:53 PMABC News’ Whit Johnson shares the latest details on the outbreak as the number of coronavirus cases nears 93,000 globally, with more than 120 in the U.S.
South Korea’s COVID-19 confirmed cases skyrocketed from 31 to 5,328 in just two weeks, as of March 4. To limit mobility and human contact, the government has encouraged people to stay home, company offices that are at risk to be closed and public venues and events be canceled. All schools that should have started a new semester on March 2 are now postponed until March 22.
For parents who still must go to work, the Ministry of Education has ordered all 9,762 kindergartens and elementary schools to run an"emergency child care" service placing teachers on duty. Children in each class must be limited to a maximum of ten. “I cried this morning sending my smiling son to school for emergency child care. We both work and, frankly, we don’t want to send him. Best is not to be in crowded places. But thankfully there weren’t that many kids. We are all nervous and I feel sorry for my son and the teacher on duty,” Ryu Namju told ABC News.
“The state health center provides cleaning and fumigation services two to three times a week,” Kwon Hyokyung, running Bomsaem Castle Daycare Center in Seongnam, South of Seoul, told ABC News.
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