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Vaccination has started, but the vaccine is still far away and the coronavirus is close.
As the group infection continued, the number of confirmed cases reached 400 for two consecutive days.
Until the day after tomorrow (1st), it will be possible to reach a safer March by breaking the corona momentum for three consecutive holidays.
Reporter Lee Han-seok organized it.
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Yesterday, the number of corona19 confirmed cases increased by 9 from the previous day to 415, exceeding 400 for the second day.
Among them, 405 cases of infection in Korea were confirmed, accounting for 80% of the total.
In particular, large and small infections continue to occur at business sites in the metropolitan area.
Textile manufacturers in Yangju, Gyeonggi-do, were diagnosed with 14 confirmed cases in two days, and 12 and 13 were confirmed by furniture companies in Gwangju and recycling companies in Pyeongtaek, respectively.
Of the total group infection cases that have occurred in the last two weeks, 19 cases, or about a quarter, came from these workplaces.
The problem is that the trend of infection by foreigners working in these workplaces is unusual.
[Gwonjunuk / NIH Director: cooperation with relevant departments of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Ministry of Justice and the municipality in order to minimize infection in the workplace and further propagated and established custom monitoring strategies by region, by age, nationality]
existing outbreak sources and Group infection cases through family gatherings during the Lunar New Year holidays are also continuing across the country.
The quarantine authorities are concerned that the risk of infection will increase as the amount of movement increases during this three-day holiday.
Until the 14th of the following month, the business restrictions and the relaxed distancing steps were extended until 10pm, but he asked for strict adherence to the quarantine rules and not holding unnecessary meetings.
(Video editing: Park Jin-hoon)