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The Authorities suspect that the current Outbreak in South Korea , was born in Cheongdo

South Korea has stepped up measures to curb the spread of the deadly new coronavirus, confirmed infections rose sharply for a second day.

PM Chung Sye-kyun, said it was an emergency now than 100 new cases, and the Land of the second death were confirmed.

The southern cities of Daegu and Cheongdo, special caution zones were declared "". The Streets of Daegu are now largely abandoned.

All of the military bases in lockdown after three soldiers tested positive for.

there were About 9,000 members of a religious group, she said, to self-quarantine, after

authorities suspect the latest Outbreak in South Korea , was born in Cheongdo, pointed out that a large number of sect followers attended the funeral of The Founder of the brother of the 31. January to 2. February.

On Friday, a second person, the contract died of the coronavirus. You were a patient in the same psychiatric hospital in Cheongdo, as the country's first victim.

the Other 15 patients have also tested positive.

On Thursday, the 53 new cases have been reported. South Korea now has a total of 204 cases, this makes it the largest collection outside Mainland China , and the Cruise Ship docked from Japan.

The new virus that initially causes in the past year in the province of Hubei in China, a disease of the respiratory tract Covid-19 called.

What measures will be taken?

Of The 100 new cases reported on Friday, 86 were in Daegu, a city 300 kilometers (186 miles) South-East of the capital, Seoul, and almost all of these were from a cluster with the religious sect.

South Korea is trying to stop The Local spread of the new coronavirus

Respond to the rapidly deteriorating situation, the government promised swift action to prevent a further spread of The Virus .

"It is urgent to find people, have said contact with infected people and the healing of the patient," PM-Chung, according to the news Agency Yonhap.

He said the government was the provision of resources, such as sickbeds, medical devices and Health of Workers and in front of The Virus spreading was warned now locally.

"The government has so far come from outside Germany were concentrated on the containment of the infections. From now on, the government is the prevention of virus spread will continue to be a priority locally. "

Minister of Health , Park Neung-hoo, said authorities would isolate allow hospitals to respiratory patients of others, in an effort to prevent any spread within medical institutions.

He also said that the pneumonia will be reviewed, all patients in Daegu hospitals for The Virus .

What happened in Daegu?

The City is the largest cluster appears in a branch of a religious sect called the Shincheonji Church of Jesus the temple of the tabernacle of The Testimony .

the South Korean Health officials believe that these infections are linked to a 61-year-old woman tested positive for The Virus earlier This Week .

Workers disinfecting streets of Daegu, South Korea was the fourth largest city in

Shincheonji, which has been accused of a cult that had said it, now shut down his Daegu, establishment and services in other regions to take place online or individually at home.

as of Friday, More Than 400 members of The Church , show symptoms of the disease, although the tests are still in progress, the town mayor said.

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Daegu is the country's fourth largest city, with a population of 2. 5 Million People.

the inhabitants are now encouraged to stay at home and look after The Authorities described The Church -cluster as a "super spreading event".

disinfectant for the hands and warning signs

By Eun-Hyung Kim, a BBC Korean Service, Seoul

Many people in South Korea are wearing masks on a daily basis.

hand sanitizers were placed at Public Transport stops and building entrances.

warning government signs are everywhere. You say: "Three ways to further prevent infection: wear a mask at all times; wash your hands thoroughly with soap for More Than 30 seconds; and cover when you cough. "

the Koreans have also developed several apps and websites that tell you how much risk you face where you are. They show where the infected people within a 10km radius.

"I can not miss work, what can I do, is the minimization of contact with others and stay at home, in the end," Seung-hye Lim, Seoul during the week of the resident, the BBC.

"I wonder if we reacted too loose at the beginning or when it really is due to the specific service practices of Shincheonji cult. "

What is with China and elsewhere?

The latest numbers out of China, the number of deaths by the disease to 2,236 people, and the whole of the infections, the More Than 75,000.

The Virus has now infected the country's prison system, with More Than 500 inmates confirmed.

Senior officials have already been dismissed for abuse of the management of the Outbreak .

The Virus has spread around the globe with More Than 1,000 cases, and several deaths in the rest of Asia, Europe, the USA and Africa.

South Korea is now the worst affected country after China and the More Than 600 infections on a Cruise Ship docked in Japan.

the passengers of the Diamond Princess , the go tested negative still on Board The Ship in Yokohama for More Than 14 days in quarantine on Board.

More Than 150 Australian passengers were evacuated to The Ship and arrived in Darwin, where you will begin a further two weeks quarantine.

Australian officials said on Friday that six people had reported feeling unwell on arrival in Darwin, and were immediately tested.

Two of these persons, a positive, a negative test tested despite have before you leave Japan.

The First batch of people from Hong Kong have also flown back to The City , where they are, are also put under quarantine.

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