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First, the number of confirmed cases increased by 288. Among them, 276 were infected in Korea. From last Friday to today (the 20th), the number of confirmed cases continues to record three digits. The city of Seoul, where the number of confirmed cases continues to increase, said it would ban all gatherings of 10 or more people from tomorrow to the 30th of this month.

First, reporter Ahn Sang-woo.

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The number of confirmed cases related to the Sarangjeil Church in Seoul increased by 53 in a day to 676 in total.

Of these, 67 were more infected by congregants who were confirmed.

The quarantine authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations into 150 places, such as another church, corporation, and hospital where the confirmed members have visited.

In our Jeil Church in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, 11 people were added, and the cumulative confirmed number increased to 165.

The number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area, where the second stage of distancing is being implemented, has exceeded 100 for six consecutive days.

[Kim Kang-rip / Vice Minister of Health and Welfare: The situation is spreading and spreading to families, workplaces, and multi-use facilities. To stop the spread of infection with a sense of crisis of desperate despair... .]

Health officials say that the three-stage increase in distance is still too early.

The number of confirmed cases per day exceeds 100 over two weeks, and the phenomenon of'doubling', in which the number of new confirmed cases more than doubles, should occur at least twice a week, but it is not that much yet.

All activities other than essential economic activities are prohibited in the 3rd distance.

[Dong-Hoon Lee/Former member of the Korean Medical Association's H1N1 Flu Countermeasures: (3rd step measures) There is no choice but to be burdened by the government to do it all at once. (But) Wouldn't it be necessary to preemptively in areas where a lot of (diagnosed) occurs... .] In

fact, Seoul City completely banned gatherings of 10 or more people from tomorrow to the 30th, and Gijang-gun, Busan, has already implemented measures equivalent to the third stage of distancing.

(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Lee Seung-hee)