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Among these, people who have been to Hong Kong's pubs have been confirmed. Today (13th), only 5 people have been added, and 5 people have already been confirmed, but this place is as young as Itaewon, and there are growing concerns that it may lead to another group infection.

Reporter Son Hyeong-an was covered.

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is a bulletin board stating that a coron19 patient in Jung-gu, Seoul will close the second floor of the building due to a confirmed patient.

The closed and quarantined area is a call center business site with 180 employees, and the company's employees today have been tested for corona19.

The employee was recently visited at a pub in Hongdae and was classified as a close contact with a corona19 infected confirmed patient, and was confirmed today.

The number of patients who had been confirmed after going to a pub in Hongdae increased to 5 after adding social workers to Seo-gu, Incheon.

[Hongdae Merchant: I know that (Hongdae) was sterilized all over today. All done (disinfected) ... .] The

confirmers were residents of Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Gimpo, Goyang, and Suwon.

The health authorities found that they stopped by the Hongdae pub last night on the 7th as a friend of a social worker who was confirmed yesterday.

All six of these parties were reported, but the other one, who had not yet confirmed the infection, was reportedly being tested.

Epidemiologic investigations are underway, such as the quarantine authorities identifying the lines of these confirmed persons, but there is a growing concern about further confirmation because the lines are wide and there are few close contacts.

(Video coverage: Namseong Kim, Video editing: Hyunki Jang)