Coronavirus in Daegu, South Korea

I tried not to mention about coronavirus in my blog posts, but its outbreak to countries outside China is becoming an extremely important issue. In a New York Times article this week, their bureau chief in South Korea collected information about the outbreak in Daegu, a city located in Southeast of South Korea. The reporter compared Daegu with Wuhan in China in a few aspects:
- President Moon Jae-in visited Daegu to understand about the crisis, while President Xi Jinping stayed behind the scenes most of the time and silenced the sources of what is really happening in Wuhan.
- Koreans can still get out of their homes. Daegu government sent cleaners to keep the hygiene in open areas very often to assure while China decides to contain the people by strictly locking the people in their homes.
Coronavirus is not an issue occurring in China now, it is spreading outside Chinese borders. Last night, I heard to the Mayor London Breed of San Francisco started to alert the citizens of the potential outbreak in San Francisco. I don't know when this outbreak ends, but it is a challenge to the civil societies. It is just like how the reporter discussed about this coronavirus outbreak, it is "testing civil liberties." People should calm down and be prepared of the coronavirus. Moreover, the Chinese government should put more energy in containing the virus more than containing the people.
Article: In Coronavirus Crisis, Korean City Tries Openness, a Contrast to China - The New York Times