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Today (15th), the number of new corona19 confirmed cases is expected to be around 400.
Even on weekends where the number of tests is relatively low, there are concerns about whether the third pandemic is spreading again while maintaining 400 people.
In the midst of this, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is announcing the vaccination plan for the second quarter today.
This is Han Ji-yeon.
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The total number of new corona19 confirmed cases nationwide by 9 o'clock last night was 356.
That's 44 fewer people than the same time the day before.
Seoul and other metropolitan areas account for 278 people, or 80% of the total.
As the final count closes at midnight, the number of new confirmed cases announced today is expected to increase to around 400.
In the case of major infections, the spread through facilities such as saunas, churches, and hospitals continues.
In the sauna in Jinju City, Gyeongsangnam-do, 18 confirmed cases were added, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 150.
At a hospital in Uijeongbu, Gyeonggi-do, more than 20 people were infected through a patient who showed symptoms for two weeks, and 20 people were infected, starting with a person who had symptoms for one week, in a church in Seoul. I brought it up.
As the average number of domestic cases per day was 428, an increase of 56 from Jeonju, the government declared a'special countermeasure period' in the metropolitan area and a'special period for compliance with quarantine regulations' in the non-metropolitan area.
[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister: We will do our best to reduce the number of confirmed cases to 200 per day for the next two weeks.
Focused on multi-use facilities and workplaces with many foreign workers…
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people who received the Corona 19 vaccine increased to 3,400, to 587,000, and the number of deaths reported after vaccination increased by 1 to a total of 16.
The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today announces plans for the second quarter of COVID-19 vaccinations, including general public vaccinations over 65, starting next month.