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new confirmed cases fell to 400 again in four days.
However, in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul, there have already been close to 20 confirmed cases related to kindergarten.
Although vaccination is approaching and the number of confirmed cases has decreased, reporter Hyung-woo Jeon summarized the reasons why it is still difficult to relax.
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Parents who have brought their children to the public health center to be tested for Corona 19 continue.
On the 17th, after a parent of a kindergarten student in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul was first confirmed, 18 people, including teachers, students, and their families, were tested positive in turn.
As a confirmed native family member went to another day care center, a confirmed case came out at a nearby day care center.
[Yangcheon-gu A Daycare Center Parents: People who received text notifications (I came.) (I feel) is not good.]
Yangcheon-gu has tested 156 people, including kindergarten officials, and 53 people are waiting for the results.
The number of corona19 confirmed nationwide was 448, down by more than 100 from the previous day, but further spread of group infection continued.
Additional confirmed patients came out, including 12 at Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, 11 at Incheon Seo-gu trading company, and 7 at Namyangju factory.
[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: It seems that the outbreak of group infections has turned to spreading in travel and meetings, workplaces and hospitals during the Lunar New Year holidays.]
Mutated viruses have been confirmed by 20 additional people since the 17th, all of them in British type.
The quarantine authorities urged them not to remain vigilant, saying there are some expert warnings that the outbreak could start again due to the relief of social distancing and the effect of the mutant virus.
(Video coverage: Kim Se-kyung, video editing: So Ji-hye)