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In China, containment measures are being tightened for passengers from Korea. Chinese experts and state media have argued that Corona 19 originated not from China but from abroad, especially the United States.

Correspondent Song Wook reports from Beijing.

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Passengers from Korea travel to a hotel in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.

The voices from the Corona 19 test resulted in self-containment, but more than 20 Koreans remain in the hotel.

The Guangdong authorities took special measures for 14 days from Daegu and Gyeongbuk provinces and visitors regardless of the test results.

More than 50 Korean passengers who arrived at Guangzhou Airport in Guangdong Province were also classified as visitors from Daegu and Gyeongbuk, but were segregated at designated locations.

More than 50 people were forcibly separated at Hangzhou Airport, and South Koreans were quarantined for inspection due to the fever of passengers on the same plane in Nanjing, Weihai and Harbin.

The Chinese government says the measures apply equally not only to Korea, but to other countries, such as Japan and Iran, as well as to passengers.

[Chiu Imin / Consulate General of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs: (China's action) is based on the need to control epidemics and will effectively prevent the spread of the virus across countries.]

China's Corona19 cumulative confirmation is close to 80,000, but new ones outside Hubei remain single-digit.

Meanwhile, Chinese media and experts continue to argue that Corona 19 may not be from China.

China's epidemic expert, Zhongnanshan, first mentioned the possibility, and state media suspected the flu and claimed that the United States could be the source.