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Among the participants of the KCTU rally, the number of confirmed cases increased to three. The government ordered all members to be tested, even though it is unlikely that they were infected at the rally. It also decided to ban all Liberation Day gatherings next month.



Reporter Jeong Da-eun on the sidewalk.



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Among the participants of the KCTU rally held in downtown Seoul on the 3rd, three people were confirmed.



After the first patient was confirmed yesterday, as a result of testing a colleague, two additional cases were confirmed.



The quarantine authorities said they were not able to accurately identify the source of infection.



The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) has issued an administrative order for diagnostic testing for all assembly attendees, saying that the possibility of infection at the assembly is not high as the incubation period is usually within 4 to 5 days, but it cannot be excluded as it is within the maximum incubation period.



[Kim Bu-gyeom/Prime Minister: Please actively cooperate even now so that assembly attendees can be tested immediately in accordance with the administrative order for diagnostic testing by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.] The



KCTU publicly apologized for the occurrence of a confirmed case of Corona 19 among members participating in the National Workers' Congress

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In addition, all participants in the rally were tested within 48 hours and were asked to wait at home until the results are available.



Tomorrow (19th), which was scheduled to vote on the general strike plan in October, has also decided to postpone the online temporary delegate meeting in consideration of the current situation.



At the same time, the Confederation of Trade Unions demanded that the route of infection of union members who were confirmed positive should be clearly identified, saying that it could cause serious conflicts during the fourth pandemic.



[Han Sang-jin/KCTU Spokesperson: (To the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Please clarify your position on whether the union member who participated on July 3 was confirmed or whether the workers' convention is the route of infection... .] The



Seoul Metropolitan Government has decided to ban all gatherings of groups reported during the Liberation Day holiday next month.



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Lee Hong-myung)