Health officials in Hong Kong have confirmed seven additional cases of the coronavirus, bringing the city-wide total to 49.
South Korea is sending a third plane to Wuhan to pick up its citizens. It's also adding Hong Kong and Macao to its "virus contaminated zone"In this file photo, an airplane carrying South Korean citizens repatriated from Wuhan lands in Seoul, South Korea, January 31. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images
Kim said 170 people are expected to board the plane and South Korean authorities are considering allowing Chinese family members of its citizens to board the plane. There were about 2,000 South Korean citizens living in Wuhan before the epidemic, according to the Health and Welfare Ministry. More than 700 South Korean nationals were repatriated on the first two flights.
The designation will go into effect Wednesday at midnight. Those entering South Korea from the two cities will be required to fill out a health questionnaire and be checked for fever. They might also be subject to a"quarantine/epidemiological investigation."
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