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: GOV'T BRIEFING ON COVID-19

: COVID-19 BRIEFING

: November 17, 2020


S. KOREA CONFIRMS 230 NEW CASES OF COVID-19; TOTAL AT 28,998


S. KOREA REPORTS NO NEW DEATHS FROM COVID-19; TOTAL AT 494


101 MORE RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE AFTER MAKING FULL RECOVERY; TOTAL AT 25,860

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28,998 CONFIRMED CASES; 494 DEAD

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28,998 CONFIRMED CASES; 25,860 RECOVERED


41,202 PEOPLE BEING TESTED FOR COVID-19


137 ADDITIONAL CASES REPORTED IN CAPITAL AREA

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6,903 CONFIRMED PATIENTS IN SEOUL; 6,050 IN GYEONGGI-DO PROVINCE

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7,206 CONFIRMED PATIENTS IN DAEGU; 612 IN BUSAN

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578 CONFIRMED PATIENTS IN GWANGJU; 454 IN DAEJEON


202 OF 230 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 COMMUNITY INFECTIONS


28 OF 230 NEW CASES OF COVID-19 IMPORTED


S. KOREA TO CONTINUE VIRUS PREVENTION EFFORTS TO CURB OUTBREAK


GOV'T URGES PUBLIC COOPERATION IN SOCIAL DISTANCING TO CURB FURTHER OUTBREAKS


CITIZENS ADVISED TO FOLLOW INDIVIDUAL VIRUS PREVENTION MEASURES


S. KOREA IMPOSES FACE MASK FINES STARTING NOV. 13

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CAPITAL AREA TO ENFORCE LEVEL 1.5 SOCIAL DISTANCING MEASURES STARTING THURSDAY



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Government Complex Sejong

Ministry of Health and Welfare

Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency

Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters


Central Disease Control Headquarters


Seoul Government Complex


: GOV'T BRIEFING ON COVID-19 TO BEGIN SOON

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: GOV'T BRIEFING DELAYED
: LATEST ON COVID-19 IN S. KOREA TO BE COVERED IN LATER NEWSCAST

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KIM Ganglip, Overall Coordinator 1
Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters


JEONG Eun-kyeong, Commissioner
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency


KWON Junwook, Deputy Director-General
Central Disease Control Headquarters

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YOON Taeho, Overall Officer of Disinfection
Central Disaster Management Headquarters


SON Young-rae, Overall Officer of Strategy and Planning
Central Disaster Management Headquarters


KO Jae-young, Spokesperson
Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency