<Anchor> The number of



new COVID-19 cases recorded 1,800 for two days in a row. Before the Chuseok holiday, it became important to stop the spread in the metropolitan area, where 75% of patients were concentrated. Chuseok special quarantine measures will be implemented from the day after tomorrow (13th).



Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.



<Reporter> At the



agricultural and fishery market in Garak-dong, Seoul, where the group infection occurred, two screening clinics were opened even on holidays.



Since one worker was first confirmed on the 2nd, 77 people have been infected so far.



There was a long line at the screening clinic here once in the morning as only middlemen who tested negative for Corona 19 could participate in the auction.



The merchants who were looking forward to the Chuseok event are disappointed.



[Garak-dong Agricultural and Fisheries Market Merchant: Sometimes I can't even sell an onion and go home. When I'm busy, I can't do business. It's worse than usual.] At an



indoor sports facility in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, on the 4th, after a facility user was confirmed, 22 more people were infected.



The proportion of patients in the metropolitan area has reached 75% for two consecutive days, and the situation is not improving.



[Lee Ki-il/Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters 1st Controller: Residents of the metropolitan area are at risk of infection anytime and anywhere, so please strictly observe social distancing and personal quarantine rules.]



Although the spread of non-metropolitan areas has slowed, Chungcheong The number of new confirmed cases was 195, the second highest in the metropolitan area.



At Daejeon Veterans Hospital, a hospital dedicated to COVID-19, 12 patients, including patients and guardians, were confirmed, and some of the wards went into group isolation.



The special quarantine measures for Chuseok will be implemented for two weeks starting on Monday, Moraine.



Additional screening tests are operated at some rest stops, railway stations and terminals, and eating and drinking at highway rest areas is prohibited from the 17th.



Visits to long-term care hospitals and facilities are allowed by prior reservation, and contact visits are also possible once both the visitor and the patient have been vaccinated.



(Video coverage: Yoo Dong-hyeok, video editing: Kim Ho-jin)