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legal profession also had an emergency. The Seoul High Court closed the court for the first time as an employee of the Seoul Detention Center was confirmed by Corona 19. The Ministry of Justice immediately quarantined the guards and the Seoul Central District Attorney also returned some employees.

This is reporter Lee Han-seok.

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Seoul High Court announced today that it will close all courtrooms in the main building of the courthouse complex in the morning (15th) and proceed with disinfection.

The courts closed the entrances to each courtroom and posted notices for civilians.

When the detention center in Seoul was confirmed by Corona 19, the court explained that it was a preventative measure to prevent the possibility of secondary and tertiary infections.

As a result, all trials that were scheduled to take place in the East and West courts of the court, including the suspicion of judicial farming by former Chief Justice Yang Seung-tae, have been postponed.

However, the court will prepare a special court in the annex of the court for urgent cases such as the actual examination of the warrant.

The court plans to reopen the courtroom normally starting next Monday, unless there is special circumstances.

The Justice Department also immediately quarantined prison guard A, who had been confirmed.

Prison Officer A, who lives in Anyang, Gyeonggi Province, was confirmed last week to have been contacted by a confirmatory in another area.

Mr. A worked at the top of the office earlier this week, and was reported to have contacted a total of 277 people, including 254 prisoners and 23 employees.

The detention center also quarantined them immediately yesterday and suspended interviews with outsiders.

The Seoul Central Prosecutor's Office confirmed that seven prisoners in contact with Mr. A had been summoned by the prosecution this week.

Prosecutors self-contained 34 prosecutors who contacted them and returned 30 prosecutors and employees from the trial department as a precaution.