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were 30 new Korean Corona19 patients announced yesterday (2nd). Among them, the so-called blinker group infection, in which the route of infection is unknown in Gangnam, Seoul, appears, and the authorities are nervous.

Reporter Jeong Seong-jin reports.

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man in his 40s, who was confirmed by Yongin on the 27th of last month, has not been able to confirm the initial infection path of the man.

It is a so-called'black blinker' infection, and the local infection through this man has increased to 9 people.

On the 22nd of last month, two employees meeting with a man at a cafe near Seolleung Station in Gangnam were positive, and another second infection was added.

The next day, the man visited a restaurant in Yangjae-dong, where one acquaintance and one restaurant employee were confirmed, and three of them had a second infection, causing a total of nine people.

As of yesterday 0 o'clock, the regional infection was stable with 8 people and the second digit, but sporadic small-scale infections continue in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province, especially in the metropolitan area.

In Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, a 1-year-old baby was tested positive yesterday.

Nevertheless, the authorities said that the number of confirmed cases in Korea in the past two weeks was 16.9, down 4.5 from the previous two weeks.

Welfare Minister Park Neung-Hoo sees this summer vacation as a watershed that will determine the success or failure of quarantine management in the second half of the year.

[Park Neung-Hoo/ Minister of Health and Welfare: Avoid dense, close and confined environments, and even if you do outdoor activities, wear masks and keep your social distance a bit excessive (I encourage you.)]

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