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The government has decided to designate Daegu and Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang Province, where the number of confirmed patients is increasing rapidly, as a special management area for infectious diseases. Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun also announced a plan to change the government's response to blocking inflow from the domestic community and preventing the spread of local communities.

Reporter Kim Ah-young.

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Prime Minister Chung Se-kyun said he would take special measures at the expanded Central Accident and Welfare Headquarters presidency at the Seoul government office this morning to designate Daegu and Qingdao as special infected areas.

This is the first time that the government has designated a special management area after the corona.

[President Jeong-Kyun Chung / Prime Minister: It is urgent to find the contact person and treat the diagnosis person as soon as possible in Daegu and Qingdao.]

He stressed that he would fully support the necessary resources such as hospital beds, manpower and equipment.

It also announced that it will provide temporary protection facilities for those who are unable to quarantine their own personnel by investing in public personnel such as military medical personnel.

Chung says the infection has begun in some areas. He has diagnosed the situation as an extraordinary situation and said he will focus on preventing the spread of the community by focusing on the government's response, which was focused on blocking domestic inflows.

The government decided to strengthen the government's response system by attending the ministerial meeting held every Sunday, including the governor's office, three times a week under the name of the Corona 19 Pan-Government Action Conference.