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Of the 31 additional check-ups overnight, the Daegu and Gyeongbuk areas, which attracted 30 people, had an emergency. Daegu self-contained 90 people who had fever symptoms among the members of the church in Shinchon.

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In Daegu and Gyeongbuk, 30 confirmed patients were added after 4 pm yesterday (19th).

Twenty-three of the 30 new patients were found to be associated with the Shinchonji Church, where patient 31 attended.

In addition, one teacher of the art academy and one teacher of the daycare center were newly confirmed.

Daegu Suseong-gu Art Phil Art Academy and Dong-gu Hanalim Daycare Center were closed, and the students and workers were quarantined.

Two patients who were admitted to the psychiatric closed ward of Daenam Hospital in Qingdao were also confirmed and are currently being treated at Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital.

Epidemiologic investigations are underway to determine whether they have been infected by a medical staff or an interviewee, and two people went out and claimed that they had been to the Queen Bell Hotel in Daegu on the 15th.

Daegu City is conducting a full survey of patient 31, the first patient in the region, and 11,000 people who worshiped at Daegu Sincheonji Church.

Of the 600 people who contacted, 90 said they had suspicion, such as fever, were self-contained.

The explosion of patients in Daegu has increased the number of screening clinics in Daegu to 22, with an additional eight, and 24 additional public announcements.

[Kwon, Youngjin / Daegu Mayor: Woori (Daegu) asked the health authorities to change their policies to hospitalize severe patients into negative pressure rooms and mild patients into one general room.]

Daegu, which canceled most of the local events, asked citizens to go out and wear masks whenever possible.