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South Korea Defends Mandatory COVID Testing of Foreign Workers

SEOUL- Authorities in the South Korean capital defended on Thursday a decision to order coronavirus tests for all foreign workers on penalty of fines, as calls grew for the controversial measure to be rescinded. At least one lawmaker of the …

Coronavirus Update: On Decline in China But of Rising Concern in South Korea, Italy, Iran

Iran’s coronavirus death toll rose to 16 on Tuesday, the most outside China, heightening its international isolation as dozens of worst-hit nations from South Korea to Italy accelerated emergency measures to curb the epidemic’s global spread. Believed to come from …