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S Korea reports 1st virus death as 2.5M urged to stay home

by Associated Press
| February 20, 2020 1:05 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea reported its first death from a new virus on Thursday while the mayor of a southeastern city urged his 2.5 million people to refrain from going outside as viral infections, linked to a church congregation, spiked.

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