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I just told you that smokers are more likely to get corona 19. If you take off your mask and smoke in a narrow, closed smoking booth, you will have a greater risk of infection, but there are not many places to close the smoking booth.

Reporter Im Tae-woo covered.

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is a smoking booth near the Yeouido Stock Exchange in Seoul.

Dozens of people smoke their masks under the chin or take off and smoke together.

The 2 meter distance, which is the range of splash infection, is not observed.

[Smoker: I have to take off the mask, so it's close to each other, and I'm worried about it.]

Unlike the closed booth, which is blocked from all sides except the door, the open type with half of the booth is also good at keeping distance. There is.

The medical community warns of the danger of infection in smoking booths.

The smoker is a high-risk corona19, and the virus can get into the smoke particles from the mouth.

[Lee Seong-gyu / Director of the National Non-Smoking Support Center: liquid type electronic cigarette, cigarette type electronic cigarette. The aerosol comes out of these two products. There have been a lot of talks that the aerosol infection is presumed to have occurred in the indoor space.]

Michuhol-gu and Bupyeong-gu, Incheon closed the smoking booth at all, but Seoul has not yet closed.

[Seoul Jung-gu Office Official: (When the smoking booth is closed) People who smoke are nowhere to go. Just smoking on the street. Spitting on the streets and spitting on the streets are more of a problem.]

'Balloon effect' is claimed, but experts say that even closed smoking booths, which are difficult to keep in the distance due to their structure, should review closures to prevent infection.