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Corona 19 confirmed among those who attended the Gwanghwamun rally on Liberation Day. Excluding those associated with Sarang First Church, at least 55 people were confirmed nationwide. Four police officers who had been put into the assembly were also confirmed.

Next is Park Chan-beom reporter.

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Regardless of the Sarang Jeil Church in Seoul, 55 of the people who went to the Gwanghwamun assembly in Seoul on Liberation Day were confirmed until today (20th).

There were 33 people from the metropolitan area, including 21 in Seoul and 10 in Gyeonggi, and 9 in Gyeongbuk, 5 in Daejeon, and 4 in Busan.

While an administrative order was issued for each local government to undergo diagnostic tests, Daejeon City decided to restrict access to multi-use facilities by the attendees until the 31st, and Jeollabuk-do demanded that the list of attendees be submitted to the chartered bus operator.

Four police officers who were put into the Gwanghwamun rally were also diagnosed with coronavirus.

The first confirmed case among participants in the Gwanghwamun assembly came out yesterday.

Experts say that the possibility of infection before attending the rally cannot be ruled out because the incubation period for Corona 19 is on average 5.2 days and symptoms can appear after as long as 9 days.

[Ki-Seok Jung/Professor of Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital (Former Director of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention): It has nothing to do with the meeting on the 15th, and it started from 2 weeks before and until that day

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[Gwonjunuk / National Health Institute: Defense authorities do not agree with that "might have attended a rally after the infected also it seems significant 'part]

authorities confirmed gathering relevant because, yet it takes about 6-7 days to Corona symptoms It is expected that more sleep will be increased.

(Video coverage: Hong Jong-su·Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Seo Seung-hyun·Lee Yu-jin)