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First, reporter Ahn Hee-jae will tell you the current situation in this village.

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The door of the town hall, which is out of light, is firmly closed.

The hall was also closed on the night of the 14th, when 31 residents of the village were confirmed to be corona19.

Most of the confirmed patients, who are in their 70s on average, were found to have attended a fortune-telling event that treats elderly villagers as a supplement on the 9th, six days before Malbok.

Mr. A in his 80s who attended this event was diagnosed with Corona 19 at the public health center in Gwangjin-gu, Seoul on the 13th, four days later, and it is estimated that a group infection occurred when contacting about 60 residents without knowing the infection.

[Kim Joo-hyung/Myeong-Dal-ri, Yangpyeong-gun: We eat meals on boknal, but we have problems moving because of the corona, and let's do it here in the hall without giving trouble to the elderly... . I prepared for (quarantine), but the gap for that person was completely unpredictable.]

As news of the group infection became known, close to 300 residents visited the screening clinic installed at the Myeongdan-ri town hall today to test for Corona 19. received.

[Yangpyeong confirmed family: (waiting for examination) I waited for about 40 minutes. At this point when I have to keep my distance, why did I send all text messages to the elderly to come.]

As residents' gatherings such as funerals were held after the event, and the family members of the confirmed cases are also being examined, the number of confirmed cases is likely to increase further.

Yangpyeong-gun, which is undergoing epidemiological investigations with the quarantine authorities, has decided to stop operating high-risk facilities in the facility and to close the traditional market indefinitely.

(Video coverage: Kim Myeong-gu, video editing: Jang Hyun-ki)