North Korea enhances inspections on imported goods amid coronavirus outbreak

Amid dely coronavirus outbreak, rth Korea has anunced stricter inspection and quarantine measures for imported goods to nation on February 26. rth Korean state ncy reported that country's government has enhanced roles and responsibilities of State Commission of Quality Manment officials. However, immediate neighbour of South Korea has t publically confirmed a single case of COVID-19 while cases in South have jumped to nearly 1,261. 

Meanwhile, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in also raised alert level to 'highest' as number of infected people in nation soared. On or hand, Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly said that epidemic is China's 'largest public health emergency' since its founding in 1949. Jinping furr called outbreak a 'crisis' and said that epidemic has 'fastest transmission' and widest range of infection which has been most difficult to prevent and control. 

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First US soldier infected

United States military in South Korea confirmed its first case among soldiers while infected cases in Asian country also jumped to more than 1,200 with more than a hundred new cases confirmed. As per South Korea's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention reports, most of new cases were in Daegu and some were in neighbouring towns. Furrmore, authorities are w tracing soldier's contact to determine if or people may have been exposed. 

According to international media reports, US military said that 23-year-old soldier was in self-quarantine at his off-base residence. He h been based in Camp Carroll in a town near Daegu. Around 28,500 US troops are currently stationed in South Korea as deterrence against potential aggression from rth Korea. 

Death toll surpasses 2,700

Meanwhile, death toll in China has surpassed 2,700 and National Health Commission reportedly confirmed 406 new cases. total number of confirmed cases within China also hit nearly 78,064. First detected in city of Wuhan, in Hubei Province of China, virus outbreak has w spre across more than 25 countries since December 2019 and more than 1,700 people have recovered from disease, whereas, nearly 12,500 coronavirus patients have by w been reportedly discharged from hospitals.

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(With AP inputs)