<Anchor> More
than 90 corona confirmed cases, mainly foreign workers, are appearing in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi-do.
As of this week, the number of new coronavirus confirmed cases has remained around 300, and today (3rd) is expected to be in the mid- to late-400s.
The first news is Park Jae-hyun.
<Reporter> The
number of new corona19 confirmed patients as of 9 o'clock last night was 408.
This is an increase of 89 people from the same time the previous day.
As the final count closes at midnight, the number of new confirmed cases announced this morning is expected to hit the mid-to-mid-end of 400.
After the holiday season, the amount of corona tests increased nationwide, and the spread of foreign infections in Gyeonggi-do seems to be the cause.
At the same time, the number of new confirmed patients in Gyeonggi-do was 213, far exceeding 110 in Seoul.
In the pre-emptive pre-examination of 3,900 foreigners in Dongducheon City, Gyeonggi-do, 81 foreigners were tested three days ago, and 11 were added yesterday, and 92 confirmed cases came out in two days.
The problem is that we don't know the exact route of infection.
[Lim Seung-gwan/Gyeonggi-do Emergency Response Manager: There are many anonymous-based inspectors and verbal communication is not easy, so it takes more time than other times.] The
authorities
also
focused on whether the confirmed patients used the subway connecting Seoul and the metropolitan area. There is.
In the aftermath of the spread of infection by foreigners, Dongducheon City delayed 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.