Quarantine officials say that the local infection of Coronavirus Infection-19 (Corona19) in Korea is on the rise, and again, the public is urging the people to join the 'social distance' this weekend to prevent domestic spread.

"The recent number of newly confirmed patients is two orders of magnitude, but group infections in the metropolitan area are increasing," said Eun-Kyung Jeong, head of the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters today (20th) at the Osong Center for Disease Control and Prevention in North Korea. "It is a situation where there is concern about the transmission caused by domestically mild patients."

"The amplification pattern changes in the future depending on which group each patient is exposed to," he said. "When one patient is exposed to a closed group facility, the incidence rate of each facility exceeds 30%."

"Even if there is one patient, it is important to preemptively prevent it because it can infect 30 to 40 people, and it can also be a secondary or tertiary transmission by the patient." It has been emphasized that it is essential to observe personal hygiene rules.

“We refrain from using multiple facilities that are frustrating and difficult to infect even on weekends, and we urge you to refrain from taking any form of religious activities and indoor activities where a large number of people gather in an enclosed space,” he said.

Yoon Tae-ho, head of the Center for Prevention and Prevention of Central Accidents and Remedies, said at a briefing held at the Sejong Government Complex today, said, "We have no choice but to continue to stop the spread of corona19 and minimize damage until vaccines and drugs are developed." "It is difficult to stop the spread of Corona 19 without the participation of the people in the 'daily prevention'."

"It is no longer a virtue for a sick person to go to work, especially for a sick person," he said. "It is a virtue to take a break for three or four days at home for me and those around me. It has to be. "

He said, "The worldwide epidemic of Corona 19 is rapidly progressing, and community infections are recurring in Korea as well."