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the number of corona19 confirmed in Korea has increased by more than 1,000 over the past six days, it is said that it is a dangerous situation that anyone can get infected anytime, anywhere in Seoul and other metropolitan areas. So, the government decided to further strengthen quarantine in the metropolitan area. High-risk facilities such as clubs, karaoke rooms, and PC rooms have been closed from 0 o'clock today (19th), and churches have decided to only allow non-face-to-face online worship services for the time being.

Reporter Im Sang-beom reports.

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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun announced the measures to strengthen quarantine in the metropolitan area, saying that there is concern about a nationwide pandemic due to the increasing trend of collective infection and the rapid spread of infection.

Churches in the metropolitan area have announced that they will only allow non-face-to-face worship from today.

[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister: Only non-face-to-face worship is allowed, other meetings and activities are prohibited. We ask for your broad understanding of the religious community.]

If you violate, you will be charged a fine of 3 million won or less, and if there is a confirmed case, you will be required to pay for hospitalization treatment and quarantine.

The religious community has promised to actively cooperate, such as switching to online worship for the time being.

[Kim Tae-young / South Korea Church Council of representatives: (Choir degrees) hasira along a wide deseo once practiced as a very easy song possible and masks, so I think going down the guidelines to the denomination]

government has yet to lead Incheon in Seoul, Gyeonggi social distance We have included it in the target of the two-step action.

From 0:00 today, meetings or gatherings with 50 or more indoors and 100 or more outdoors are prohibited, and 12 types of high-risk facilities such as clubs, singing practice areas, buffets, and PC rooms, as well as indoor national and public facilities, will be discontinued.

The army also decided to take full control of the vacation of the entire unit for two weeks from today, as well as staying out, going out, and visiting.