By Reuters
SEOUL - South Korea will bar entry by foreigners who have visited Hubei Province, the epicenter of a new coronavirus outbreak in China, South Korea’s prime minister said on Sunday, according to Yonhap news agency.
Officials from a public health center sanitize a traditional palace in Suwon, South Korea, January 30, 2020. (Yonhap/via REUTERS/File Photo/MANILA BULLETIN)
The entry ban will go into effect on Tuesday, Yonhap reported, citing Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun.
On Sunday, South Korea reported three new confirmed cases of the infection, bringing the total to 15 cases in the country.
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