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Two South Korean hospitals are conducting experimental blood plasma treatments on Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) patients, Reuters reports.
South Korea begins its nationwide coronavirus drive Friday as it seeks to inoculate 70 percent of its population within seven months to stamp out the outbreak. More than 5,000 medical staff at nursing homes and rehabilitation centres and their patients under 65 are set to receive their first doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine on the first day of the campaign. IMAGES
South Korea ramps up coronavirus checking efforts at its 150 temporary testing stations erected nationwide this week amid a surge in cases. The country reported over 1,000 cases on Wednesday, having earlier broken its daily case record with 1,030 cases on Sunday. IMAGES
South African Health Minister Zweli Mkhize confirms the country's first case of the novel coronavirus, a 38-year-old male who travelled to Italy. SOUNDBITE
Nigeria Health Minister Osagie Ehanire announces on Friday the first confirmed case of the novel coronavirus in the country. SOUNDBITE
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