Virus alert level highest in South Korea

Updated February 23 2020 - 6:53pm, first published 6:48pm
South Korea has reported its fifth death from the coronavirus.
South Korea has reported its fifth death from the coronavirus.

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in says the government will raise the country's disease alert by one notch to the highest level in a bid to contain a surge in new cornavirus cases.

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