COVID-19 Pandemic

South Korea to Provide Coronavirus Test Kits to US

Medical staff wearing protective suits talk with people with suspected symptoms of new the coronavirus, at a testing facility in Seoul, South Korea, March 4, 2020.

South Korea, which has been among the best in the world at coronavirus testing, has agreed to provide the United States with badly needed test kits.

Seoul says U.S. President Donald Trump asked South Korea for the coronavirus help on Tuesday. As VOA’s Bill Gallo reports, Trump’s request comes at a tense moment in U.S.-South Korea relations.

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South Korea to Provide Coronavirus Test Kits to US