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Coronavirus update: South Korea reports the highest total infection in one day, Paul Pogba tests positive for COVID-19

South Korea has reported its highest single day number in months, so lockdown-like restrictions seem inevitable as broadcasts spiral out of control.

High profile Manchester United player and French midfielder Paul Pogba was banned from the national squad for next month’s Nations League games after testing positive for COVID-19.

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South Korea reports the highest daily value in months

A group of young Korean women walking through a market in Seoul
Health workers have made efforts to track infections related to various sources, including churches and restaurants.(ABC News: Brant Cumming)

South Korea reported 441 new cases of coronavirus on Thursday (local time), the highest single figure in months, making lockdown-like restrictions appear inevitable as transmission spins out of control.

The country has added nearly 4,000 infections and reported triple-digit daily jumps for each of the past 14 days, prompting health professionals to warn about hospitals that may be running low.

The 441 cases reported on Thursday were the largest daily increase since the 483 reported on March 7.

According to the South Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 315 of the new cases came from the Seoul metropolitan area, which is home to half of the 51 million people in the country where health workers struggled to detect infections related to various sources such as churches, restaurants, Schools and schools keep track of workers.

The National Assembly in Seoul has closed and more than a dozen ruling party politicians were forced to isolate themselves on Thursday after a positive test by a journalist covering a meeting of the ruling party’s leaders.

Health officials have cited the outbreak for the past two weeks as the country’s biggest crisis since the emergence of COVID-19.

While the outbreak in the Daegu area was largely attributable to a single parish, health workers are having greater difficulty tracking transmissions in the much more populous capital.

Manchester United star Paul Pogba tests positive

Paul Pogba grimaces after losing to Chelsea
Paul Pogba was banned from France’s squad for next month’s Nations League games.(AP: Frank Augstein)

High-profile Manchester United player and French midfielder Paul Pogba has been banned from the national squad for next month’s Nations League games after testing positive for COVID-19, says France coach Didier Deschamps.

Rennes midfielder Eduardo Camavinga was called up as a late replacement for Pogba.

“I had to change this list at the last minute because Paul Pogba should be on this list,” Deschamps told reporters on Thursday.

“But unfortunately he did a test for him [for COVID-19] yesterday, which turned out to be positive today, he was replaced at the last minute by Eduardo Camavinga. “

France will visit Sweden on September 5 and receive Croatia three days later.

North Korea has yet to report a single case of COVID-19

A group of young men in white shirts, red ties and face masks with their fists up
Outsiders have largely questioned North Korea’s virus-free claim.(Kyodo via Reuters)

North Korea has told the World Health Organization (WHO) that it had tested 2,767 people for the coronavirus by Aug. 20, and that all of them tested negative.

In an email to the Associated Press, WHO representative in North Korea Edwin Salvador said the country is currently monitoring 1,004 quarantined citizens.

Mr Salvador said North Korea had told WHO that it had released 29,961 people from quarantine since December 31, including 382 foreigners.

North Korea has yet to confirm a single case of COVID-19, but outsiders have largely questioned its virus-free claim.

In late July, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered the lockdown of Kaesong, a town near the border with South Korea, after the North reported it had found a person with COVID-19 symptoms.

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