South Koreans Call in Petition for Chinese to be Barred Over Virus

South Koreans Call in Petition for Chinese to be Barred Over Virus
Employees from a disinfection service company sanitize the floor of Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Jan. 24, 2020. Yonhap via Reuters
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SEOUL—More than half a million South Koreans have signed a petition calling for a ban on visitors from China as Seoul announced on Jan. 28 it would evacuate citizens from the epicenter of the new coronavirus outbreak.

A petition filed with the presidential Blue House last week had gathered more than 540,000 signatures by Tuesday, highlighting a growing fear in South Korea that the coronavirus could spread.