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number of new corona19 confirmed patients in Korea was 37. As of today (15th), the government has decided to use all of its resources to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the Seoul metropolitan area as the measures to strengthen the quarantine measures have been extended.

Kwak Sang is a reporter.

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Of the 37 corona19 new confirmers, 13 were inflow from overseas and 24 were cases.

Cases of regional outbreaks are 8 in Gyeonggi-Incheon, 6 in Seoul, and 2 in Chungnam, which are still concentrated in the metropolitan area.

Health officials expressed concern over the increased concentration of patients in the metropolitan area despite tougher measures against immunity on the 29th of last month.

This is because the average number of newly confirmed daily residents in the metropolitan area, excluding overseas inflows, increased from 30.6 from 24th to 30th last month to 40.3 from 7th to 13th.

[Yoon Tae-ho / Central accidents probation Headquarters Defense General Lieutenant: there are sporadic outbreaks in the metropolitan area continues to bite its tail, especially the fact that the infection is spreading through the day seniors are used primarily care facilities, nursing homes, etc.]

metropolitan area each Local governments have also taken steps to strengthen quarantine.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has inspected more than 1,100 language schools and large schools, and 700 small and medium schools.

The preemptive diagnosis test for 7,000 dormitory students, faculty members, and English kindergarten lecturers who are concerned about group infection has been completed.

Incheon Metropolitan City is inspecting 8 high-risk facilities, schools, and PC rooms, and Gyeonggi-do is inspecting the 1,600 workplaces such as logistics centers, call centers, funeral homes, etc.