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The number of people infected with the new coronavirus today has risen to two more than today (five days), with 18 more than just one health official. I'll tell you about patient 19 who just came out. Let's start with the two patients identified earlier this morning. One is a man in his 30s who recently went to Singapore and the other is the daughter of a patient who was confirmed yesterday.

This is the first news, reporter Nam Joo-hyun.

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Today's 17th confirmed Korean is a 38-year-old Korean male.

I went to Singapore from 18 to 24 last month to attend the international conference.

After hearing that Malaysians who had attended the same meeting were confirmed, they visited the screening center yesterday and were examined and confirmed today.

[Eun-Kyung Chung / Head of Disease Control Division: The head office informed employees of the fact that the person who went to the same international conference was confirmed in Malaysia.]

The patient has never been to China and has been suspected of having a new corona infection.

During the Lunar New Year, we went to Daegu by public transportation such as KTX and SRT.

The 18th confirmed patient is a 21-year-old woman who is the daughter of patient 16.

After going on a family trip with my mother to Thailand, I was hospitalized in Gwangju 21st century hospital from the 27th of last month after orthopedic surgery.

Mother, patient 16, was reportedly hospitalized due to severe pneumonia symptoms while staying at the hospital to care for her daughter.

[Eun-Kyung Chung / Head of Disease Control Division: (Patient 16) Because I am sick, I have been staying in a double room while treating myself with care. .]

Other families of patients 16 and 18 were negatively tested.

(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, Video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)