100 people on the third day … a new ‘step 1’ tomorrow



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The number of new confirmed corona19 cases today is one hundred and forty-five, more than yesterday.

The group’s infection continues in the insurance company’s offices and markets.

However, since the average number of confirmed cases in the last week is less than 100, the “social distance” will be applied again from tomorrow.

In most of the country, we have decided to keep the first phase.

Reporter Park Sun-ha will tell you.

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A branch of an insurance company in Gangseo-gu, Seoul,

There is a notice to announce the closure.

On the 4th, after an employee of this company was confirmed for the first time, 17 people have been confirmed so far, including co-workers and family members.

[강학구/강서구청 언론지원팀장]
“There are partitions, and (the masks) were all good. When I checked the facilities … But now, the path of infection is in the bathroom or (toilet, etc.) shared use …”

At Garak Market in Songpa-gu, Seoul, eight people were confirmed after one of the traders tested positive on the 2nd.

The number of confirmed cases related to Yeouido Securities Company increased to 14 and the number of infected people at the Cheonan call center increased to 30.

In this call center, most of the employees worked without masks, but coronavirus was detected in shared beds and microwave buttons in the call center lounge.

Starting tomorrow, a new social distancing divided into five steps will be applied.

The most important criterion for tiered adjustment is the ‘average number of confirmed patients per week per day’, and the recent average is 92.1 people nationwide, 69.1 people in the metropolitan area, etc., so that the first level remains as before.

In the new phase 1, the number of industries that require quarantine measures, such as the use of masks, the management of access lists, ventilation and disinfection, etc., will increase significantly to 23 in PC rooms, saunas and markets.

In Cheonan and Asan, Chungcheongnam-do, where group infections continued, step 1.5 is being applied since yesterday, and quarantine authorities said that if the capital area continues to increase, it could be upgraded to step 1.5.

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“If the number of domestic patients continues to increase, there is a possibility that a situation that needs to be reviewed even the upward adjustment of the distancing stage that may reduce the livelihood of ordinary people …”

Quarantine authorities said the risk of transmission was higher due to less ventilation in cold weather, and asked to refrain from going outside and undergo a corona test if symptoms such as a cold appeared.

This is Seonha Park from MBC News.

(Video coverage: Choi In-gyu / Video editing: Lee Sang-min)

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