The US raised the warning of travel to South Korea to the highest level for Korea after the number of nCoV infections in this Asian country increased to nearly 900.

With the third and highest level of alert, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) require Americans to avoid all unnecessary trips to South Korea, due to the widespread "spread." in the community".

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A resident wears a mask in Chinatown, New York on February 13 Photo: Reuters.

The warning comes as the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) today recorded 60 new infections, bringing the total number of people infected in the country to 893 and 9 deaths due to nCoV. Korea became the second largest outbreak of corona pneumonia (Covid-19) in the world after China.

The US today recorded 18 more positive cases with nCoV, bringing the total number of cases in the country to 53. The White House has also proposed Congress to approve a budget of $ 2.5 billion to strengthen the ability to respond to the epidemic. Covid-19.

President Trump affirmed on Twitter that Washington is controlling the disease well, and praised the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) "worked very hard. and intelligent".

The Covid-19 outbreak has been reported in 35 countries and territories after the outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Worldwide, more than 80,000 people are infected with nCoV, nearly 2,700 people die and more than 27,000 recover.