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Just one year ago, a Chinese woman, who arrived in Wuhan, China on the 20th, was confirmed for the first time in Korea.
After that, it continued to the third pandemic, and over 73,000 people were infected in a year.
Today, the number of new confirmed cases is expected to be around 400.
This is Nam Joo-hyun.
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Today, one year after the outbreak of Corona 19 in Korea, the number of new confirmed cases is expected to be around 400.
Yesterday, the unofficial total of confirmed cases revealed by local governments across the country during the day was 379, because it could increase somewhat by adding uncounted cases.
After recording a record high of 1,240 on December 24 last year, the number of new confirmed cases turned to a decline in the last two days in a row, at 300.
Group infections in vulnerable facilities such as nursing homes have decreased by more than 40% within a week.
It is worrisome that the number of infected cases increased to 43% of the total by contact with confirmed patients around them, such as family, acquaintances, and co-workers.
[Lee Sang-won/Director of Epidemiological Investigation Analysis, Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters: There is a possibility that a single case by individual contact at any time leads to a large-scale group outbreak...
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Wearing a loosened mask is also a problem.
In cafes, it was found that 3 out of 10 people don't wear masks properly.
In addition, only 59% of the users in the restaurant always wore a mask, and the wear rate dropped to 25% in bars.
Especially in karaoke rooms, saliva droplets can float in the air, so the quarantine authorities advised to keep a distance of at least 1m between users and spray water in the air before disinfection.