South Korea using app to monitor travellers entering the country amid coronavirus outbreak

In an attempt to curb spre of coronavirus, South Korea is w using an app to track travellers who are entering country. According to international media reports, country’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has asked all people entering country to downlo a self-diagsis app as soon as y land. dely virus has reportedly infected over 1,146 and killed nearly 11 people in South Korea. 

Self-diagsis and report

According to reports, all travellers have been asked to self diagse and report wher y have any symptoms of coronavirus or t using app on a daily basis. app is reportedly monitored by officials of Health and Family Welfare Ministry. This comes as count of confirmed cases jumped again on February 26 and US military confirmed its first case among American soldiers based in Asian country. 

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US soldier in self qurantine

According to a statement by US military,  23-year-old soldier was in self-quarantine at his off-base residence. It ded that soldier h been based in Camp Carroll in a town near Daegu, and visited both Carroll and nearby Camp Walker in recent days. South Korean authorities and US military health professionals were w tracing his contacts to determine if or people may have been exposed, international media reported. 

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About 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea as deterrence against potential aggression from rth Korea. United States Forces Korea previously said a widowed dependent h virus, first case involving a USFK-related individual. South Korea's 600,000-member military has reported 18 cases and quarantined thousands of soldiers as a precaution. According to reports, epidemic has killed over 2,700 people worldwide, with vast majority in mainland China. Also, re have been more than 80,000 global cases of infection, international media reported. 

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