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now on, let's take a closer look at the Corona news.
First, there were 1,050 additional confirmed cases, recording four digits for two consecutive days.
Patients continue to appear in nursing homes and detention centers where people live in confined spaces.
In particular, more than 800 people have been confirmed so far at correctional facilities nationwide, including the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul.
The government has decided to adjust the current distancing steps before January 3 of the new year, when the special quarantine period ends.
First, reporter Kang Cheong-wan.
<Reporter> The number of
corona 19 confirmed cases related to the Seoul Eastern Detention Center recorded 792, an increase of 30 from yesterday (29th).
There were 21 employees and 771 inmates, including 345 confirmed prisoners who were transferred from Dongbu detention center to North Gyeongsangbuk-do 2nd prison, 16 prisoners in Seoul Southern prison, and one North Gangwon prison.
As the corona19 group infection continues in the eastern detention center, the number of corona19 confirmed patients continues to increase among prisoners transferred to other correctional facilities.
Accordingly, the number of confirmed corona 19 at correctional facilities nationwide has increased to 837.
The Ministry of Justice today conducted a 4th total investigation on 1,830 employees and prisoners of the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul.
Depending on the results of the investigation, there is a possibility that a large number of confirmed cases will be added.
This is because the number of confirmed cases increased significantly every three large-scale investigations, including the first full investigation on the 18th, when 185 confirmed cases were released.
To prevent further infection, the Eastern detention center said it had for the time being banned from sending letters outside the room for the confirmed and close contacts to use one room per person.
Vice Minister of Justice Lee Yong-gu plans to give a briefing on the situation of Corona 19 in correctional facilities such as the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul tomorrow morning.
Prosecutor General Yoon Seok-yeol also urgently instructed to lift the wanted fines of 10 million won or less in connection with this situation and to postpone new wanted measures for the time being.
An official at the Supreme Prosecutors' Office explained that this measure takes into account that the proportion of new prisoners who cannot pay fines among the correctional facilities in emergency situations is 20%.
(Video coverage: Yang Doo-won, video editing: Yumira)