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Corona 19 tests will be conducted on all military personnel going forward. Currently, the proportion of people in their twenties is the largest among domestic confirmed patients, and especially young people are infected and often have no symptoms.

I am Jeong Seong-jin.

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Corona 19 test targeting the military enlistment is conducted through a collection test method of 6,300 people each week for 8 weeks from tomorrow (18th).

The collection test method is a method in which 5 samples are collected and then mixed into a single sample for inspection, and the existing sample is examined again only when infection is confirmed.

Currently, it is expanding to the entire area, which was targeted at the entry sites in Daegu and Gyeongbuk.

First, after the Itaewon club was confirmed, the quarantine authorities determined that the risk of infection in the military base where young people lived in groups increased.

Already, 20s of the domestic confirmed patients accounted for the largest percentage at 28%.

The quarantine authorities also believe that the regional infection monitoring system could be complemented by a full-scale inspection of the camp.In the current method, in which only people with symptoms such as fever were examined, there was no way to identify so-called 'silent spreaders', that is, asymptomatic patients early. Investigating soldiers from across the country can indirectly confirm the degree of asymptomatic infection in the community. .

[Eung-Kyung Jung / Director of Disease Management Division: To grasp the current status of how many people in the community that we cannot find (asymptomatic) are infected… .] The

total survey will be conducted for 8 weeks, and the risk of infection in the community will be judged to decide whether to extend it.

(Video coverage: Mincheol Kim, Video editing: Park player)