<Anchor> Although the number of
new confirmed corona19 patients has dropped to 110 units a day, it is a weekend, and the impact of the decrease in the number of tests due to a typhoon must be considered.
In Gwangju Metropolitan City, 16 people were infected at one of the market's soup restaurants, and confirmed cases are continuing from nearby table tennis courts and even from origin.
This is KBC reporter Gye-hyuk Lee.
<Reporter> This
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 large number of eaters took off their masks in small restaurants.
[Park Hyang/Gwangju Metropolitan City Welfare and Health Bureau Director: It is confirmed that I ate without wearing a mask.
Even though it is 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 the restaurant and table tennis court.
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 / Mayor of Gwangju Metropolitan City: The recently recruited Gwangju Emergency Medical Support Team will be given priority to Buk-gu, and 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 group infection has occurred
.
All asked to be tested.