South Korea Declares ‘Special Care Zone’ as Coronavirus Spreads

South Korean soldiers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, at a shopping district in Seoul on March 4, 2020. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP via Getty Images

SEOUL, South Korea—South Korea declared a “special care zone” on March 5 around a second city hit hard by the coronavirus and the U.S. military confirmed two new cases among relatives of its troops in the country, which is battling the biggest outbreak outside China.

Australia and Japan have joined the list of almost 100 nations now limiting arrivals of people from South Korea, which reported 760 coronavirus cases on March 5 for a total of 6,088.