China News Agency, Seoul, March 8 (Reporter Zeng Zheng) As of 00:00 on the local time, a total of 7,134 confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in South Korea have been reached. A diagnosis by a public official of a health institution closed part of the Sejong City Hall building, where important South Korean administrative organs gathered.
On March 1, local time, outside a supermarket in Jongno-gu, Seoul, people lined up to buy masks. Photo by China Press Agency
According to the report of the Central Epidemic Prevention Counterpart of South Korea, from 7:00 on the 7th to 00:00 on the 7th, South Korea has newly confirmed 367 new cases of coronary pneumonia, a total of 7,134 confirmed cases, and a total of 50 deaths. Han Junzhong reported a total of 36 cases of infection.
Of the newly added cases, 294 were in Daegu and 32 were in Gyeongsangbuk-do. At present, a total of 6,459 confirmed cases are concentrated in these two regions, accounting for more than 90% of the total number of cases in the country.
Looking at the situation in other cities, the cases of Seoul and Gyeonggi Province have increased rapidly, with 12 new diagnoses in 24 hours, and a total of 120 and 142 confirmed cases, respectively.
Zheng Yinjing, head of the Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasure Headquarters of the Korean Disease Management Headquarters, introduced at a press conference on the afternoon of the 8th that there were many cases of collective infection in confirmed cases in South Korea, mainly concentrated in religious groups and public places. She introduced that, in addition to the dozens of people who had a collective infection in a residential area in Daegu recently, another 13 people were found infected at a hospital in Gyeonggi Province, and the relevant areas have been collectively isolated.
In addition, a civil servant working at a health institution in Sejong City was diagnosed with the infection. The patient has about 15,000 employees in the Sejong government building.
Sejong City is located more than 100 kilometers south of Seoul, and the South Korean government has been promoting the construction of an "administrative capital" here. In recent years, some Korean government departments have moved here. The Sejong Government Building houses dozens of central government agencies and subordinate agencies such as the Ministry of Planning and Finance, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
According to the Korean side, at present, some areas of the Sejong government building are temporarily closed for disinfection. Fifty-one civil servants in the same office as the patient had a negative virus test, and more than 20 close contacts were being isolated at home.
Daegu Mayor Quan Yongzhen said on the same day that the growth of new cases showed signs of slowing down. The number of newly confirmed cases in Daegu decreased to less than 300 for the first time since February 29. (Finish)