<span style="color: #222222;">South Korea has reported 76 new cases of the Corona virus and nine more deaths, bringing its total to 9,037 infections and 120 deaths. South Korea's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention said today that so far 171 infections have been linked to people entering the country from abroad.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Authorities have stepped up border controls to prevent the virus from re-entering amid broadening outbreaks in Europe, North America and beyond.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">More than 740 people tested positive in the populous Seoul metropolitan area, home to about half of South Korea's 51 million population. </span><br />