S. Korea President Vows to Mobilize All Resources to Fight COVID-19 As New Cases Hit Record
Saudi Press Agency
Saturday 1442/4/27 - 2020/12/12
Seoul, Dec 12, 2020, SPA -- President Moon Jae-in of S. Korea today, on Saturday vowed to use all available resources to stem the spread of the new coronavirus as the country's new daily infection number hit a record high of 950, Yonhap reported.
Moon apologized for failing to promptly stabilize the COVID-19 situation despite tightened social distancing measures at the cost of economic damage.
"We will consider this as an emergency situation and put all out efforts in a short period of time, using all available administrative ability," he said in a message posted on Twitter.
On Saturday, South Korea reported 950 more COVID-19 cases, including 928 local infections, raising the total caseload to 41,736.
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23:13 LOCAL TIME 20:13 GMT
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