South Korean doctors plan to go on strike to protest government plans to train more doctors amid coronavirus cases spikes

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• Doctors in South Korea plan to go on strike to protest government plans to train more doctors to be better prepared for public health crises like the coronavirus pandemic.
• The Korean Medical Association (KMA), which helped organise the protest, says the country already has more than enough physicians.
• The walk-out plans come as the country reported 103 new coronavirus cases, of which 85 were domestic, the most locally transmitted cases since March 31.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - About a quarter of South Korea's medical clinics closed on Friday for a one-day strike in protest at government plans to train new doctors, as the country reported the highest number of domestic coronavirus cases since the end of March.

The government plans to increase the number of medical students by 4,000 over the next 10 years, which it says is necessary to be better prepared for public health crises like the coronavirus pandemic.

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