SeoulPodcast Briefing

COVID-19 Updates

Risk vs. Uncertainty

Mandatory quarantine for all travelers

Foreigners violating quarantines

Petition to include foreign residents in COVID-19 relief

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Joe McPherson

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This is your SeoulPodcast briefing for March 30th, 2020. I’m Joe McPherson.

• COVID-19
• Todays’ numbers
• 78 new cases – 27 down from the day before
•  9,661 confirmed cases total
• 6 deaths. Total 158 
• 195 discharged. Total 5,228
• Seoul region – 31
• Church in Guro← new hotspot
• Daegu – 14
• Imported – 13

• Seoul looks to be in another upward trend. Notice it looks like it’s on a weekly cycle. 
• Church attendance?
• Looking at the clusters
• Seoul
• Guro-gu call center
• Dongan Church
• Gyeonggi
• Grace River Church
• Guro-gu call center
• Bucheon SaengMyeongSu Church
• Daegu
• Hospitals
• Other locations
• Mostly nursing homes, government offices, hospitals, and churches
• Risk vs. Uncertainty (from Planet Money)
• Mandatory quarantine to EVERYONE arriving in the country
• 14 days
• If they have residence then they stay in their residence
• Otherwise people stay in government-designated facilities at own expense
• More foreigners violating quarantine
• German student in Busan
• Visited school offices, walked the beach, went sightseeing and PLAYED BASKETBALL!!!!
• Got tested
• STILL VIOLATED QUARANTINE!!
• Went to a coffee shop, 2 bars, and the cafeteria
• British bike rider in Suwon
• Returned from Thailand with symptoms
• Day after returning, visited many places using a friend’s car, bus, and subway
• Got tested
• STILL VIOLATED QUARANTINE!!
• Played indoor golf and went outside without a mask
• Suwon mayor is going to make an example of him
• Everyone both these jokers were in contact with are now under quarantine
• Payouts for registered foreign residents
• Petition to sign here

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