<Anchor> In
Daegu, a taxi driver in his 70s became infected, and it was found that he drove five more days after symptoms appeared.
In the meantime, all 147 passengers in this taxi will need to be inspected.
This is TBC reporter Park Jung.
<Reporter> The
new confirmed cases of Corona 19 in Daegu are a taxi driver in their 70s and a wife in their 60s living in Nam-gu.
The confirmed taxi driver showed suspicious symptoms such as fever on the 7th, and the taxi was operated for five days after symptoms appeared.
[Chae Hong-ho/Daegu City Administration Vice Mayor: To identify the path of infection and contact person, secure a list of 147 passengers through the card terminal usage history from August 24 to September 11 to undergo corona examination...
.] In
Gyeongju, two people in their 50s and teens whose infection route were unknown were confirmed, and three people in their 40s and 50s were also positive, and a total of 6 additional people were confirmed.
In Pohang, men in their 50s and 80s who had contact with a confirmed patient were tested positive.
[Immigrant/Gyeongsangbuk-do Infectious Disease Team Leader: (Newly confirmed) is the spouse of the person who was confirmed yesterday, or the person who was at the hospital together.
This
is the contact person of the confirmed person.]
As sporadic infections continue to occur with unknown infection routes, the'large social distancing stage 2'will be extended for another week until the 27th.
First of all, we will continue to prohibit grouping in special sales fields such as door-to-door sales and multi-level sales, which have been pointed out as channels for further infection, and restrict groupings on religious facilities.
The city of Daegu also urged them to refrain from moving as much as possible during the Chuseok holiday, and to participate in the'warm social distancing'.
(Video coverage: Kihyun Kwon, TBC)