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Korea, the number of confirmed cases increased by 28 on a day yesterday (9th). In particular, 8 merchants were confirmed one after another in Namdaemun Market, where many people visit. If you have recently been to the mall, be sure to undergo an examination.

First is Park Chan-beom reporter.

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Out of 28 new corona19 confirmed cases, 17 are domestic cases.

Except for one in Busan, all came from Seoul and Gyeonggi-do.

In particular, a small group infection related to Banseok Church in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province spread to Namdaemun Market in Seoul.

One member of the Banseok Church, who was confirmed three days ago, is a merchant in the Kennedy Shopping Center, a women's clothing specialist in Namdaemun Market in Seoul, and 7 out of 20 merchants in the neighborhood were further confirmed.

It was confirmed that they worked on the first floor of the shopping mall.

The health authorities have requested that those who have visited Kennedy Shopping Center from the 30th of last month to the day before will visit a screening clinic even if they have no symptoms.

[Jung Eun-kyung / Head of Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters: We are grasping the part of the contact person through receipt or card as much as possible, and we are conducting tests on those who have suspicious symptoms.] The

remaining new domestic cases are also in Goyang Joy 153 Church or It is related to the Gimpo Fountain of the Lord Presbyterian Church.

[Son Young-rae / Head of Strategic Planning Division, Central Accident Recovery Headquarters: In particular, most cases of infection now occur in small-scale planting churches that do not eat together or wear masks.]

The authorities are considering strengthening quarantine measures against them as group infections, centered on small churches, increase.

There seems to be a possibility that the group ban order will be re-enforced in some regions other than the whole country.

(Video coverage: Park Dae-young, Park Dong-ryul, Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee, CG: Lee Yoo-jin)