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number of new corona19 confirmed cases, which exceeded 400 for two days in a row, came down to the second half of 300 in three days.

The government is scheduled to hold a public hearing on the afternoon of today (5th) to unveil the draft for reorganizing the distancing system and to hear opinions from all walks of life.



Reporter Kim Deok-Hyun delivers.



<Reporter> There



were 398 new cases of Corona 19 that occurred one day yesterday.



Of these, 381 people were infected in Korea, excluding 17 people from overseas.



By region, there were 309 people in the metropolitan area and 72 people in the non-metropolitan area.



Eight deaths were also added, bringing the cumulative basis to 1,627.



New confirmed cases have repeatedly fluctuated in the 300-400 range for the last two weeks, and small-scale serial infection cases are continuing across the country.



There were 12 confirmed cases each at the Styrofoam factory in Icheon-si, Gyeonggi-do and the sauna in Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul, and 7 more were positive at the parts manufacturer in Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, and the cumulative confirmed number was 10.



Vaccination is also speeding up.



Yesterday, more than 67,000 people were vaccinated a day, and the cumulative number of inoculations reached 225,000.



There were 860 reports of suspected adverse reactions yesterday, and 1,578 cases have been received so far. Epidemiological investigations are under way on a total of 20 cases, including suspected anaphylaxis, including 6 deaths.



The schedule for supplying 1.05 million AstraZeneca vaccines to be introduced by the government through Cobax Facility, a vaccine joint procurement organization, has also been confirmed.



[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister: About 350,000 people will be introduced this month, 700,000 people will be introduced from April to May, and a total of 1.05 million people will be introduced.

So that the vaccine introduction schedule can be confirmed early...

.] The



plan to reorganize the current distancing system for sustainable quarantine is released this afternoon and is in full swing to gather public opinion.