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Corona 19 was concerned that it was confirmed that the confirmer had been to various places including the Itaewon Club, but the number of patients involved soared to 19. As I was worried, Itaewon club related confirmers exploded in one day, and it was found that there were more than 1,500 people who went to the club.

This is Cho Yun-ha, the first news reporter.

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Yongin, a 29-year-old male confirmer who traveled to Itaewon Club in Seoul on the 2nd.

A total of 17 people were confirmed, including those who visited the three clubs Mr. A visited, Mr. A's colleagues, and family members.

First, the number of confirmed confirmed persons, including Mr. A and Mr. A's friends, increased to 19.

On the morning of the 2nd, two confirmed soldiers who visited the club and became infected include two soldiers, a nurse from Seongnam Medical Center, and three foreigners.

Mr. A, who is believed to have spread the virus at the club for the first time, had symptoms from the evening of the 2nd visit to the club, and the health authorities analyzed that Mr. A's propagation power was quite strong at the time.

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

total number of visitors on the day, including the Itaewon King Club visited by Mr. A, is about 1,500, and there is a growing concern about the collective infection.

The health authorities plan to identify the list of visitors to the club on the morning of the 2nd by time, and to identify close contacts.

However, there are many cases where fake contact information and false information are written on the list, and foreigners who are hard to find their achievements are having difficulties in the epidemiological investigation.

In addition, it was confirmed that there were some confirming group infections of the Itaewon Club as well as visitors on the 1st to 2nd of this month as well as 4th to 5th.

As confirmed by local governments such as Gyeonggi-do, 27-year-old men who are confirmed will visit the two clubs on the 4th to 5th, and the number of contacts surveyed will increase further.