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Korean Air flight attendants check the body temperatures of passengers bound for Los Angeles at a boarding gate in Terminal 2 of Incheon International Airport on Friday. Starting from Friday, any passenger with a high fever will not be allowed to board a flight bound for the United States. [YONHAP]Over half of some 200,000 followers of the Shincheonji church in Korea outside Daegu were contacted by local government offices and asked about possible symptoms of the coronavirus as of Thursday midnight, the government announced Friday, and more than 1,600 said they were feeling ill.They were told to self-quarantine in their homes to await virus tests, said Vice Health Minister Kim Gang-lip, adding that the examinations were ongoing. By Friday at 4 p.m., 571 more infections were counted by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) than the day before, mostly in Daegu, bringing total infections to 2,337. The death toll was 16, with three more fatalities reported Friday, … [Read more...] about Followers of sect tracked down

Seo Myeong-ok, 59, former director of Gangnam Puablic Health Center, headed straight to Daegu last week. [SEO MYEONG-OK]While ordinary people are avoiding Daegu, the hotbed of the coronavirus outbreak in Korea, Seo Myeong-ok, 59, former director of Gangnam Public Health Center, headed straight there last week. On Tuesday morning, around 5,700 physicians and other medical experts across the country received a message from Lee Seong-gu, chairman of the Daegu Medical Association, pleading for assistance desperately needed by the city. Seo left a day after receiving the message. Her daughter didn’t want Seo to go.She told her, “I’ll be okay. I haven’t gotten a cold once in my entire life.” Seo served as director of the Gangnam Public Health Center in Gangnam District, southern Seoul, in 2015, when the Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) swept through Korea. Of the 183 confirmed cases of MERS in Korea, 90 cases were concentrated in Gangnam District, most in … [Read more...] about Doctor, nurse heed calls to lend their expertise in Daegu

Park Hee-young poses with the trophy after winning the ISPS Handa Vic Open at the 13th Beach Golf Links in Victoria, Australia on Feb. 9. [GOLF AUSTRALIA]Despite the Korean dominance of the LPGA Tour, Park Hee-young’s name was an unfamiliar one until this February.She’s been on the tour for over a decade, but has only accumulated three wins. After winning four times on the KLPGA Tour, Park started her LPGA career in 2008 by earning her status card through the 2007 LPGA qualifying series.Park was good enough to retain her status card for the following season, but didn’t manage a win until 2011, at the CME Group Titleholders that November. She picked up her second win in July 2013, at the Manulife Financial LPGA Classic. But after that second win, Park went through a dry spell that lasted more than six years. She finally picked up her third win this February, finishing first at the ISPS Handa Vic Open.It was a tough win for Park, going all the way to a fourth … [Read more...] about At 32, Park is still picking up wins in the LPGA

Watch over 50 sports LIVE on Kayo! Stream to your TV, mobile, tablet or computer. Just $25/month, cancel anytime. New to Kayo? Get your 14-day free trial & start streaming instantly > … [Read more...] about Sun Yang handed eight year ban by Court of Arbitration for Sport

“The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has upheld the appeal filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) against the Chinese swimmer Sun Yang and the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA). As a consequence, Sun Yang (the Athlete) is sanctioned with an eight-year period of ineligibility, starting on the date of the CAS award,” a CAS statement read. … [Read more...] about Sun Yang doping case: Chinese swimmer handed maximum eight year ban