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The US Defense Department said it had mistakenly sent suspected live anthrax samples to at least 51 laboratories in 17 states and three countries: Canada, Australia and South Korea.
Seoul, Jan 29 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean healthcare staff on Friday collected swab samples for coronavirus testing at a makeshift clinic outside the Seoul Central Station. South Korea has reported over 77,000 Covid-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS COLLECT SWAB SAMPLES AT A MAKESHIFT CLINIC OUTSIDE THE SEOUL STATION IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is said to be angry about the coronavirus pandemic and its economic impact, South Korea's spy agency said on Friday. According to the Associated Press, Kim has ordered the execution of at least two people, locked down the capital of Pyongyang, and implemented other measures to slow the spread of COVID-19. One of the two people who were executed was a well-known money changer in Pyongyang, who was reportedly blamed for North Korea's falling exchange rate.
World leaders met on Saturday to discuss preparation efforts to contain and alleviate the coronavirus pandemic in the next few months. Leaders from Germany, France, South Korea, and Argentina were scheduled to participate in the side event to the annual G20 gathering. According to Business Insider, the US has more than 11.9 million cases and 255,000 deaths from the highly contagious novel coronavirus. And despite making up the largest share of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in the world, noticeably absent was President Donald Trump. He went golfing, instead.
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