Disinfectants are sprayed at a vegetable market in Daegu, the Republic of Korea, to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus on February 20, 2020. (Photo: AFP/VNA)

The travel warning was made the Consular Department under the Foreign Ministry and the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK on Friday. Vietnamese citizens are also advised to keep a close watch and follow instructions of local agencies. According to the embassy, as of Friday, no Vietnamese citizens in the RoK had been infected with Covid-19.

The RoK saw another spike in infections with 142 confirmed cases on Friday, taking its tally to 346, about half related to people who attended a church service.