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are 431 new confirmed cases of Corona 19.

It has increased from a day ago, but it continues to stay in the 300-400 range.

Amid a gradual decline, the government has also begun to review plans to increase school attendance classes in the new semester.

However, mutant viruses can be a variable.



Reporter Ahn Sang-woo on the report.



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Of the 431 new confirmed cases added yesterday (22nd), 403 were domestically infected.



Over the past week, the average number of domestic infections per day has dropped to 384.



It took 57 days to fall below 400 people, which is the standard of the 2.5 step distance upgrade.



Sporadic outbreaks of outbreaks continue throughout the country, while a modest decline has been maintained.



On the 19th, 7 additional people, including visitors, were infected with a screen golf course in Daegu where the first confirmed person was found.



[Kwon Jun-wook/President of the National Institute of Health: There is no doubt that the epidemic is decreasing, but if an explosive epidemic occurs in an environment of three mills, the group may lead another epidemic...

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government has begun reviewing the expansion of classes for the new semester.



Studies show that children under the age of 10 have a lower risk of infection than adults, and that if the quarantine rules are followed well, they are less likely to develop large-scale outbreaks in schools.



[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister: The Ministry of Education, please consult with the quarantine authorities to prepare the new semester class method and school quarantine strategy in advance.] As



the greatest variable for quarantine in the future, a mutant virus in the UK and South Africa has been identified.



We decided to evaluate the efficacy of antibody treatments against the mutant virus, saying that if a mutant virus with a high transmission power and fatality rate spreads, the number of infections may increase back to the level of the third pandemic.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Jung Seong-hwa, Kang Jung-gu TBC, Video editing: Lee Seung-hee)