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weather forecast, there were 967 additional corona19 confirmed patients yesterday (30 days) that we delivered every day of this year.

After three days, it fell below 1,000 people, but there are still confirmed cases all over the country, so the government decided to announce whether to raise the distance to three stages.

In addition, health officials say they have completed a vaccine contract with Modena.



This is reporter Kim Hye-young.



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Of the 967 new confirmed cases added yesterday, 940 are domestically infected.



In three days, the number of infections has decreased to three digits, but the spread of infection in group facilities is seldom detected, with 13 additional confirmed patients at the Yangcheon-gu nursing home, 31 at the elderly welfare facility in Dongdaemun-gu, and 3 at the Guro-gu nursing hospital.



The quarantine authorities said that out of the 10 nursing hospitals with outbreaks of outbreaks, nine confirmed patients were transferred to other hospitals, with 36 of the 37 remaining patients at the Guro-gu Smile Nursing Hospital moved to another hospital.



In addition, it was decided to strengthen preemptive inspections for workers in nursing hospitals nationwide.



[Yoon Tae-ho/Head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters: (National Nursing Hospitals, Facilities, Mental Hospitals) We plan to inspect workers every week and add nursing home facilities and facilities for the severely handicapped to facilities vulnerable to infection. ] The



temporary screening test center in the metropolitan area, which has found 1,700 confirmed cases so far, will also be extended for two weeks.



The government is planning to announce the next day after reviewing whether to increase social distancing in the current phase of 2.5 in the metropolitan area and phase 2 in the non-metropolitan area to 3 stages as the end of this weekend.



Health officials say President Moon Jae-in has completed a vaccine pre-purchase agreement with US Modena, which has promised 40 million doses.



The vaccine of COVAX, an international vaccine group that has decided to bring in 10 million people, is also expected to be introduced in the first quarter of next year.



(Video editing: Park Jin-hoon, CG: Lee Jong-jung)