SKorea in very grave state – president

SEOUL: The coronavirus disease 2019 outbreak in South Korea is “very grave,” President Moon Jae-in said Tuesday as he visited its epicentre, even as the country announced its smallest rise in cases for several days.

The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) confirmed 60 new cases in its morning update — after three days of triple-digit increases — taking the tally to 893, the largest national total anywhere outside China.