South Korea, Japan in row over coronavirus restrictions

ANKARA

Furious over travel restrictions by Japan in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, South Korea on Friday warned that it will respond in kind.

In an unprecedented diplomatic protest, South Korea’s Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha summoned Japan’s envoy Koji Tomita to her office to express displeasure over the move by Tokyo, the state-run Yonhap news agency reported.

Japan has announced a two-week quarantine for visitors from South Korea, where at least 6,284 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed, resulting in 42 deaths.

On the contrary, 1,045 people have contracted the infection in Japan, including those from the virus-hit Diamond Princess