A medical official checking the temperature of a patient at a hospital in Seoul, on Jan 27, 2020.- EPA-EFE
SEOUL (AFP): South Korea on Thursday (Jan 30) reported the first local case of human-to-human transmission of the deadly virus that has killed 170 people in China and spread to more than a dozen countries.
The announcement comes as international airlines are either suspending or paring back services in and out of China in a bid to halt the virus reaching further.
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