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In China, where fears of corona19 re-proliferation are high, regional measures are being strengthened again. An area of ​​Henan Province, with a population of about 600,000, also entered the blockade, as three cases of asymptomatic infections that China does not include in the confirmer statistics.

Correspondent Song Wook reports from Beijing.

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A barricade was erected at the entrance of the village and the road was almost empty.


A blockade was issued yesterday (one day) in Jahyeon, Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, with a population of 600,000.

[People from Henan Province, Pingdingshan City, officials: (Is it completely blocked?) Yes. Currently, there are corona19 infected people.]

This is the result of three asymptomatic infections in the area.

All three were doctors, but they tested positive at the end of last month.

There were 74 close contacts.

One of them went to Wuhan, the corona epicenter in January, and long incubation cases have been reported, but the Henan authorities were amazed by the outbreak of patients unable to determine the path of infection.

The hospital they worked in was closed and the residents were forced to go out once every two days.

In China, asymptomatic patients are considered as a secondary risk factor for proliferation with foreign back-flow patients.

[Lilan Juan / China Fair Yarn: Asymptomatic infected people are contagious. Must be discovered by inspection.]

Chinese authorities began to disclose the current status of asymptomatic infections, which were not included in the confirmer statistics. As of yesterday, 1,75 people were asymptomatic and 55 of them were newly infected.

The blockade of 600,000 cities in three outbreaks seems to be due to the high level of concern the Chinese authorities have about the secondary spread of corona.

(Video coverage: Deokhyun Choi, Video editing: Jinhoon Park)