Asia Today: South Korea testing at hospitals, nursing homes

A woman wearing a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks by a social distancing sign at a park in Seoul. South Korea's daily coronavirus tally has dropped below 50 for the first time in more than two weeks despite reports of small-scale local infections. The sign reads: "Covid-19, safety distance 2 metres." - AP

SEOUL, South Korea (AP): South Korea on Monday began testing tens of thousands of employees of hospitals and nursing homes to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks at live-in facilities.

Fifteen of the 76 latest cases reported by the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency were from the southern port city of Busan, where more than 70 infections have been linked to a hospital for the elderly.