400 people again in six days... "Homecoming and moving as much as possible"

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444 new corona19 confirmed yesterday (9th) came out, and in six days, it rose to 400 again.

One day ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, health authorities once again urged them to refrain from moving home and moving.

Reporter Nam Joo-hyun.

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Of the 444 new confirmed cases, 414 are domestic cases, excluding 30 cases from overseas.

By region, there were 344 confirmed cases in the metropolitan area, including 169 in Seoul and 157 in Gyeonggi, and 70 in the non-metropolitan area.

A day before the Lunar New Year holiday, the number of confirmed patients rose to 400 again in six days, and the health authorities said they were at a crossroads where the burned-out embers could survive, and ordered them to refrain from moving home and moving.

In Hwacheon, Gangwon-do, residents of the metropolitan area visited their families before the Lunar New Year and were confirmed, 261 people, including village residents, were tested for Corona 19, and 7 people were confirmed until yesterday.

[Yoon Tae-ho / Head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters: We ask you to refrain from visiting friends and traveling as much as possible.

It would be even more appreciated if the seniors told me that it's okay if they don't come first, and that mind alone is enough.]

Last weekend, the amount of movement in the metropolitan area increased slightly compared to the end of the previous week, and increased by 30% compared to the beginning of January.

The infectious reproductive index, which shows how many people per confirmed person transmits the virus, continued to rise from 0.79 four weeks ago, approaching 1, and it is also a risk factor that the metropolitan area already exceeded 1.

The health authorities have decided to operate a screening clinic and a temporary screening test center so that they can be tested for Corona 19 even during the Lunar New Year holidays.

In the midst of this, the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety held a final review committee, which is the final stage of AstraZeneca vaccine verification, this morning to discuss the final approval, and the results will be announced in the afternoon.