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additional confirmed cases was maintained at 300 for three consecutive days, a cluster of group infections occurred.
Nearly 100 foreigners were confirmed in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi-do.
Reporter Park Jae-hyun on the report.
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Yesterday (2nd) afternoon, Dongducheon City Health Center in Gyeonggi Province.
Foreigners who want to undergo the Corona 19 test are lined up.
As the foreign population infection continues, Dongducheon City is conducting a preemptive, full-fledged examination of 3,900 foreigners in the region. Of the foreigners who were examined three days ago, 81 were confirmed as confirmed, followed by 11 additional tests yesterday. So far, 92 confirmed cases came out.
The problem is that we don't know the exact route of infection.
[Lim Seung-gwan/Gyeonggi-do Emergency Response Team Leader: There are many anonymous-based testers and verbal communication is not easy, so it takes more time than other times.]
Recently, group infections occurred in Namyangju and Pocheon, and the quarantine authorities commuted to the area. It is presumed that foreigners who have been infected have been a channel of infection.
The authorities are also intensively investigating whether the confirmed people used the subway connecting Seoul and the metropolitan area.
Dongducheon City postponed the opening of kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools in the building to tomorrow, and Gyeonggi Province decided to conduct special inspections for 10,000 foreign dormitory manufacturers during the month of March.
The province is encouraging foreign employers and workers to undergo COVID-19 testing by sending official letters and text messages.