On the 25th, a South Korean civil servant jumped from the Tongjak Bridge (Yonhap News Agency)
Overseas Network, February 25. According to Yonhap News Agency, in the early morning of the 25th local time, a 30-year-old civil servant from the Ministry of Justice (Ministry of Justice) of South Korea was in Seoul. Suicide by jumping into the river. The police are investigating his suicide motive. The deceased belonged to the Emergency Security Planning Office of the Ministry of Justice of South Korea and is currently responsible for the prevention and control of new crown pneumonia.
reported that the police found after analyzing and monitoring that, in the early morning of the same day, a civil servant A drove a car and hit the railing of the Dongjak Bridge in Seoul, then got off the car and jumped into the Han River at 4:57.
Seoul Dongjak Bridge
Around 9 am, A's body was found by the salvage team. Currently, the police are investigating his suicide motive.
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According to the latest report from the Korean Disease Management Headquarters, from 16:00 on the 24th to 9:00 on the 25th local time, 60 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were newly confirmed in South Korea, with a total of 893 confirmed cases and 9 deaths. Among the 60 new cases, 16 cases were in Daegu City, 33 cases in North Gyeongsang Province, 3 cases in Busan, 1 case in South Gyeongsang Province, 2 cases in Seoul, and 5 cases in Gyeonggi Province.
On the 25th, South Korea held a "party, government, youth" meeting to study the epidemic (Yonhap News Agency)
On the 25th, South Korea’s ruling party, government, and the Blue House held a consultation meeting and decided to designate Daegu and Gyeongbuk, the two most severely affected areas, as special control areas. Super "blockade measures" have tried to prevent the spread of the epidemic. (Overseas Network Liu Qiang)