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The United States has upgraded its travel alerts for certain areas of Korea and Italy to the highest level of bans. No entry ban was imposed.

It is the sidewalk of correspondent Son Seok-min in Washington.

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After the first Corona 19 deaths in the United States, President Trump and Vice President Pence announced additional measures at a press conference.

As a foreign measure, we have raised our travel alert to a ban, the highest level, for certain infected areas in Korea and Italy.

[Vice / U.S. Vice President (Corona 19)]: This is a four-stage travel alert, which means Americans should not travel to certain areas of Korea and Italy.]

In Korea, the third level of 'travel inventory' was raised to the highest level in three days.

The Trump administration also added Iran, the second largest victim of Iran to China, but not South Korea.

However, it is intended to strictly check the health status of travelers from Korea.

[Vice / President Vice President, Corona 19]

Earlier, a woman in her 50s in western Washington died of coronavirus for the first time in the United States.

US media pointed out that local infections are becoming a reality, and the number of patients with unknown paths of infection in the West has increased to four.