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South Korea Resumes Baseball With New Coronavirus Cases Near Zero

VOA News

   South Korea reported just three new coronavirus cases Tuesday, while
   the country's professional baseball league returned to action with a
   slate of games played in stadiums without fans.

   Two months ago, South Korea was adding around 500 new cases each day,
   but used a series of measures, including aggressive testing and a
   smartphone app alerting people to nearby infections, to push down the
   spread of the virus.

   Sports leagues all over the world were forced to put their seasons on
   hold amid stay-at-home orders and limits on public gatherings.

   The Korea Baseball Organization is one of the first to resume play, and
   in a sign of the appetite for watching sports at this time, the league
   struck a deal to have some of its games broadcast on the U.S. cable
   sports giant ESPN in the middle of the night, U.S. time.

   The U.S. National Football League is set to announce its
   scheduleTuesday, buthas decided to abandon plans to hold games this
   season in London and Mexico City.

   New Zealand is also reporting promising progress with its second
   consecutive day of zero new cases. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardernand
   Australian Prime MinisterScott Morrisonsaid Tuesday they were working
   on a plan to reopen travel between the twocountries, butcautioned it
   would take some time to put in place.

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