
Passengers wearing protective masks ride an escalator at a subway station in Seoul, South Korea, on Monday, Feb. 24, 2020. (Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg)
South Korea Virus Cases Top 1,000, Heightening Spread Fear
(Bloomberg) -- Cases in South Korea of the new coronavirus exceeded 1,000 Wednesday, reinforcing concerns the deadly outbreak that began in central China is taking hold on a more global scale.