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National Assembly to shut down Thursday after reporter tested positive for COVID-19

By Yonhap

Published : Aug. 26, 2020 - 21:50

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The National Assembly will be closed Thursday following a positive COVID-19 test by a journalist who covered a ruling party meeting there earlier Wednesday.

Parliament reached the decision at an emergency COVID-19 response meeting.

A photojournalist who covered the ruling Democratic Party's supreme council meeting earlier in the day tested positive for the virus. Chairman Lee Hae-chan and floor leader Rep. Kim Tae-nyeon attended the meeting.

The journalist was screened because a relative with whom he dined last Saturday had been infected.

As a precaution, Lee had already gone into self-quarantine, with his staff canceling his plans for the rest of Wednesday and early Thursday. (Yonhap)

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