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Corona 19 was worried about the fact that a man in his twenties, who had been confirmed, had been to various places, including the Itaewon Club in Seoul, had increased to 16 patients in one day. The people who were in the club, the friend of the confirmed person, and the coworker were confirmed. At least 1,500 people were found to be added to the club that the deputy went to.

This is Han Sang-woo, the first news reporter.

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Yongin, a 29-year-old male confirmer who traveled to Itaewon Club in Seoul on the last 2 days after a trip to Gangwon-do during the Golden Holiday.

Twelve people who visited three clubs Mr. A visited and 14 others including Mr. A's coworkers were confirmed.

First, the number of confirmed persons including A and A's friends increased to 16.

On the morning of the 2nd, among the 12 people who were infected after visiting the club, they also included Sergeant of the Cyber ​​Cyber ​​Command, nurse of Seongnam Medical Center, and three foreigners.

Mr. A, who is believed to have spread the virus for the first time in the club, has had symptoms since the evening of the 2nd visit to the club.

[Jung Eun-Kyung / Director of Disease Control Division: After examining the virus, I noticed that the amount of the virus was quite high. .]

In particular, the total number of visitors to the three clubs on the day, including the King Club of Itaewon, visited by Mr. A, is more than 1,500, raising concerns about the possibility of group infection.

The list is a record of the total number of visitors on the morning of the 2nd, and the health authorities are specific to each time zone, and the policy is to identify close contacts.

However, there are many cases in which false contacts are listed on the list or false, and many visitors are foreigners who are hard to find.

[Kim Kang-lip / Deputy Minister of Health and Welfare: Please be aware that I have all of these possibilities to infect my neighbors and my loved ones without my knowledge.]

Among the confirmers of the Itaewon Club's group infection, not only visitors on the 1st or 2nd of this month It was confirmed that there were also visitors who went on the 4th to 5th.

As a result of confirmation by local governments such as Gyeonggi-do, a 27-year-old man who is confirmed is expected to visit the two clubs in Itaewon on the 4th to 5th to increase the number of contacts surveyed.

(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Park Ji-in)