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Local infections are spreading recently in a traditional market in Gwangju.

In a small soup restaurant, 16 people have been confirmed so far, and patients continue to appear in table tennis courts near the market and in Prayer.



This is KBC reporter Gye-hyuk Lee.



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is a 30-seat restaurant located in Malbau Market, Buk-gu, Gwangju.



People who ate with the confirmed person, guests at the table next to them, and even employees have been infected.



According to the analysis of the quarantine authorities, it is estimated that a significant number of eaters took off their masks in narrow restaurants.



[Park Hyang/Gwangju Metropolitan City Welfare and Health Bureau Director: It is confirmed that I ate without wearing a mask.

Even though it was a small restaurant, many of the people who went to it are now confirmed positive.] The



quarantine authorities are investigating the connection between the three places, although there

are several confirmed cases

in origin and table tennis courts near this restaurant.



These are all examples of prolonged close contact in an enclosed area.



Gwangju City designated Buk-gu, where more than half of the confirmed cases (53%) are concentrated, as a quarantine priority management area, and installed a screening clinic in Malbau Market.



[Lee Yong-seop/Gwangju Mayor: The Gwangju City Emergency Medical Support Team, which was recently recruited, will be given priority to Buk-gu, and the additional quarantine budget will be immediately supported.] The



authorities have recently visited the market, including the 22nd of last month, where it is estimated that a group infection has occurred

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All asked to be tested.



(Video coverage: Eui-Seok Jung KBC)