Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon said that there were 102 confirmed coronavirus infection-19 (Corona 19) correlated with the MetaM Platform operating call center located in the Korea Building in Sindorim-dong, Guro-gu, Seoul.

In an online briefing today, Mayor Park said that the number of confirmed cases related to the outbreak of Korea Building was 71 in Seoul, 14 in Gyeonggi, and 17 in Incheon.

He said that there are many workers on the eleventh floor, but there are other workers on the other floor. "There were two employees on the 9th and 10th floors who live in Incheon overnight."

This is the result of examining 207 employees of the Ace Damage Insurance call center on the 11th floor of the Korea Building, 553 employees of the call center on the 7th and 9th floors, and 200 residents of the Officetel on the 13th and 19th floors.

He said that the Korea Building, where the call center is located, and the surrounding area have been designated as 'infectious disease special support zones' by the Seoul Metropolitan Government.

Mayor Park said, "The case of the collective infection of Korea Building is a serious issue to determine whether or not to prevent further expansion of Corona 19." "It was decided to be designated as a special support area for infectious diseases."

"All of the call center employees and officetel residents will be tested today," he said. "A little while ago, all the officetel residents were tested, and they all turned out to be negative."

As of 10 am today, the Seoul Metropolitan Government said that the total number of confirmed cases in Seoul was 219, 14 more than 24 hours ago.

This includes 17 people who were confirmed after being examined by Seoul, but who are not residents of Seoul.

In addition to the Guro-gu call center, which is the largest group infection case in Seoul, the main causes are 19 related to overseas contacts, 14 related to Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, 13 related to residential complexes in Seongdong-gu, 10 related to Myeongnyun Church and Jongno Senior Welfare Center in Jongno-gu, 11 visits to Daegu, Shincheonji There were 2 related persons, 19 contacted persons who confirmed other attempts, and 61 others (in sporadic cases or investigations).

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