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Let's take a closer look at the residence of these confirmed people. As of 7:00 pm a while ago, it was found that 50 people were infected in Seoul. By district, 10 districts have been identified so far, including Guro-gu, which has a call center. In addition, 13 people were confirmed in 6 districts in Incheon and 11 in 5 cities in Gyeonggi-do. There are now tenants being inspected in the building where the call center is located, and if they are alone, there are hundreds of people, and if they add family members or people around them, the number will increase.

Then, when and how did the virus spread in the call center, reporter Nam Joo-hyun pointed out.

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The first corona19 confirmed at the Guro-gu call center was a woman living in Nowon-gu, Seoul, who was positive yesterday.

Health authorities believe she is not the first patient in a call center.

The woman felt cough and chills for the first time on the afternoon of the sixth, and health officials said she had symptoms before.

[Kwon, Jun-wook / Director, National Institute of Health: As far as I know, the patients started to have symptoms even around March 4. .]

It means that some of the call center employees were already infected four days ago and felt symptoms at that time. While all eyes are concentrated in Daegu, it is estimated that quiet propagation has been made through the close contact between more than 200 employees.

After work, employees were scattered throughout the metropolitan area as far as Guro-gu, as far away as Gimpo, Gyeonggi-do and Uijeongbu. The public lines of the local governments revealed that employees used a variety of public transportation in the metropolitan area, such as subways and buses, and visited department stores, supermarkets, and restaurants.

[Kim, Hee-gyeom / Governor of Gyeonggi-do, Governor of the 1st Office: (Capital Region) Since the same area is penetrated into one area, the spread within the area is bound to be rapid. .]

Many employees reportedly wore masks on the move, but in Michu Hall, Incheon, guests were confirmed that they ate at the table next to the restaurant, such as the call center checker.

(Video coverage: Kang Dong-cheol, Video editing: Won Hee Hee, VJ: Shin So Young)