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Two more infected people came through an instructor in Incheon, who went to the Itaewon Club and was confirmed by Corona 19. This is the driver of the taxi that the instructor rode and the driver's wife. It has been found that more than 140 people have taken the taxi since the instructor was riding.

This is reporter Ahn Hee-jae.

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After attending the Itaewon Club and confirming it, Mr. A, an instructor who moved Corona19 to 15 students, including academy students and his family.

Mr. A used 13 taxis from the 4th to the 8th, of which one Incheon taxi driver was confirmed yesterday (17th), and his wife was 'third infected' today.A taxi driver said he had been driving a taxi for 10 days until just before the health center inspection after picking up Mr. A on the 4th.

At least 143 people have been found to have taken this taxi since Mr. A used it, but the authorities believe that he is most likely infected with Mr. A because the driver has never contacted other confirmed persons.

[Go Kwang-pil / Deputy Director, Infectious Disease Management Support Group, Incheon: It is difficult to consider other channels when there is no spread of community infection. It seems likely that the issue is related to Itaewon.]

It was also confirmed that the Itaewon club confirmer went to Bucheon Club in Gyeonggi.Foreigners in their 30s who visited the Queen's Club earlier this month visited the nightclub on the night of the 9th and the authorities found that there were about 200 in the club at the time.

[Club official: I was caught in Itaewon, but I didn't know, so I said that I came again ... The staff also went to be inspected today.]

Quarantine authorities are conducting an epidemiologic investigation of contact points related to Incheon taxis and Bucheon clubs, along with tracking the route of infection.

(Video coverage: Lim Dong-guk · Choi Woong-woong, video editing: Oh No-young)    

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