How is Korea faring in its battle against coronavirus?
Social affairsAug 15, 2020
It is little more than six months since a novel coronavirus that first emerged in China’s Wuhan late last year arrived in South Korea. A tourist from Wuhan tested positive on Jan. 20, becoming the first confirmed patient of COVID-19 here. About a month later, the country experienced an explosion of infections, with as many as 909 cases reported in a single day. Fast-forward to mid-August, the virus hasn’t gone away. But it appears to be under control. Daily new cases have remain