US, South Korea to scale back military command post training amid coronavirus dread

Amid coronavirus outbreak, United States and South Korea reportedly said that y are considering scaling back military command post-training for this spring. While speaking at a news conference, US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said that commander of US forces in South Korea, General Robert Abrams and he of joint chiefs of staff, General Park Han-ki, are looking at scaling back military exercise due to concerns about dely coronavirus outbreak. 

According to international media reports, it is also believed that two countries have scaled back tritional joint military exercises so as to facilitate US nuclear talks with rth Korea. However, Esper's South Korea counterpart, Jeong Kyeong-doo, reportedly said that 13 servicemen from his country have become infected with virus. He furr ded that all leave for military has also been cancelled nationwide so as to limit soldier's movement. 

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South Korea's President Moon Jae-in also raised alert level to 'highest' as number of infected people in nation soared to 833, with eight people de. It also became second-highest country with most confirmed cases outside China.

On or hand, China's President Xi Jinping reportedly said that epidemic is communist 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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Death toll surpasses 2,600

Meanwhile, death toll in China has surpassed 2,600 and National Health Commission reportedly confirmed 508 new cases. total number of confirmed cases within China also hit nearly 77,000. 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.

WHO chief Tedros ham Ghebreyesus has also claimed that biggest fear for organisation is that virus will continue to spre to or countries and especially those with weaker health systems. Furrmore, organisation has also called on world to pledge $675 million in support of most vulnerable countries. 

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