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were 54 additional confirmed cases of Corona 19, not exceeding 100 for two consecutive days.

However, as infected people continue to appear during the Chuseok holiday, the quarantine authorities are planning to decide what to do with the steps of distancing after watching the trend until this weekend.



Reporter Han Ji-yeon will deliver this information.



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number of confirmed beolchos during Chuseok in Daejeon has increased to 18.



Five additional Dunwon Middle and High School students were confirmed, and more than 100 students who had contact with them were tested.



It is known that a woman in her 50s who was confirmed after going to beolcho on Chuseok Day was infected in the study room where she went to work.



In addition, a village in Jeongeup, Jeollabuk-do, where 8 confirmed cases were found as a result of a family meeting during the Chuseok holiday, went into cohort quarantine, and 6 people were confirmed related to the family meeting in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do. Has occurred.



Yesterday (8th), there were 54 new confirmed coronaviruses, maintaining double digits for the second day, but it is early to be relieved.



[Yoon Tae-ho/Head of Central Accident Control Headquarters: Considering that the incubation period has not yet passed enough, we will evaluate the impact of the Chuseok holiday while watching the trend a little more.]



7 Dana Hospital in Dobong-gu, Seoul, Master Plus, Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do A nationwide sporadic group infection is also continuing, with one more confirmed at hospitals.



The increase in the amount of movement during the three-day holiday season is expected to be a variable for re-proliferation.



[Jung Eun-kyung/Director of Disease Control: Remember that this weekend, October 11, is the Chuseok special quarantine period, as risk factors such as the Hangeul Day holiday are continuing after Chuseok...

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quarantine authorities will review the trend by this weekend and then announce a distancing adjustment plan this coming Sunday.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol and Song Chang-gun TJB video editing: Lee Seung-hee)