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Group infections, centered in the metropolitan area, do not go away easily.
At Seongseok Church in Gangseo-gu, Seoul, the cumulative number of confirmed cases reached 170 within a week after the first confirmed cases came out.
It is literally an emergency, as group infections that started in everyday life spaces like restaurants also broke out everywhere.
Connect with reporters on the scene. Reporter Shin Joon-myeong!
First of all, please tell us about the group infection situation in the church.
[기자]Yes, the cumulative number of confirmed cases related to this church was 169 at 0 o’clock today, only identified by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.
It is very likely to increase even more nationally.
The church, with more than 1,000 registered members, was found to hold a weekly revival meeting and practice choir.
This church held revival meetings four times a week for 7 weeks from mid-October to the 3rd of this month.
About 100 people were reported to have attended the revival meeting, which lasted from an hour to an hour and a half.
The place where the revival meeting was held was a 400-person chapel, and ventilation was found to be difficult because only two windows 60 cm wide and 40 cm long could be opened.
The choir practice room was also found to have a structure that is difficult to ventilate due to the small windows.
Furthermore, quarantine authorities believe that the cup noodles and tea were placed at the time of the practice, so it is highly likely that church members will remove their masks and eat together.
The 10 additional cases confirmed in Seoul yesterday were 7 members of the congregation, 2 co-workers from the congregation, and 1 member of the family of this co-worker.
With more than a week since the first confirmed case was published on day 6, the cases of the nth infection also continue, so the number of additional cases is expected to increase.
The city of Seoul obtained an additional list of church members and conducted tests, but said an additional confirmed person has been produced and is investigating the route of infection.
[앵커]I am more concerned that group infections are occurring not only in the church but also in the metropolitan area.
[기자]If it is.
Of the additional confirmed cases identified during yesterday’s session, 65% are concentrated in the metropolitan area.
Group infections continue to occur in spaces of daily life such as restaurants, workplaces, and nursing hospitals.
In Seoul, a new outbreak case was identified today.
At the construction site in Yongsan-gu, the number of confirmed cases increased by 12 yesterday alone to 15, and the number of confirmed cases related to the Songpa-gu correctional facility was 22, including 4 yesterday.
First, there have been 280 confirmed cases related to restaurants in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
The number of confirmed cases continues to rise as the infection that started here spreads to singing classes and nursing homes in Suwon.
Regarding the call center in Jung-gu, Seoul, 21 people were confirmed, and it is estimated that there has been a further spread to the church the confirmed person is attending.
At the Pocheon-si prayer center, Gyeonggi-do, where the first confirmed cases occurred on the 11th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases rose to 34.
The spread of infection in hospitals and nursing hospitals with many elderly people with weak immunity is a more serious situation.
58 confirmed cases related to Wisdom Hospital in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul were counted.
The cumulative number of confirmed patients at HyoPlus Nursing Hospital in Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do is 72.
In a nursing home in Siheung, Gyeonggi province, after the first confirmed person left on the 12th, 17 more have been infected so far in the contact person investigation process.
In most cases, the massive infection occurred in a space called 3-mild, where a large number of people concentrated in a closed space and had close contact within 1 m.
There were also cases where a mask was not used in that space.
Now, asymptomatic and latent infections, as well as infections of unknown pathways, spread throughout everyday life.
It is extremely important to follow the daily quarantine, such as wearing a mask, without worrying about meetings with family, acquaintances and colleagues.
So far, YTN Shin Joon-myeong at Seongseok Church in Hwagok-dong, Seoul[[email protected]]is.
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