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Yesterday (21st), 415 new confirmed cases of Corona 19 occurred, reaching 400 in six days.
The shipyard in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do, where more than 60 confirmed cases have occurred, will be discontinued today, and a full inspection of the bathing industry workers will be conducted from today as a measure in response to the collective infection of the bathhouse feet.
This is Park Soo-jin.
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New corona 19 confirmed cases were added yesterday, recording 400 people in six consecutive days.
Even though the number of tests was on a holiday, which is about half of the weekdays, the size of the confirmed cases has not decreased.
Of the 396 domestically infected patients excluding 19 foreign inflows, 261 in the metropolitan area and 135 in the non-metropolitan area were confirmed.
The number of confirmed cases related to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Okpo Shipyard in Geoje, Gyeongsangnam-do has increased to 65 with 9 additional confirmed cases as of 10 am today.
The infection is spreading to employees of partner companies as an employee who has visited the entertainment business where the corona 19 confirmed person comes to work, the shipyard said that all business sites will be shut down today for preemptive inspection and quarantine.
Group infections, centered on baths such as saunas, are also continuing, and from today, the government is conducting a full corona 19 test for all bathing industry workers, including three shrines, barbers, and store operators.
New issuance of so-called'moon bath', which is a monthly bathing pass is also prohibited.
It is recommended by the health authorities to use the bathhouse within an hour and to refrain from private conversations.
The government also emphasized compliance with quarantine regulations in daily life, saying that infection through individual contact with confirmed patients increased by 12% over the past week from a month ago.
[Jeon Hae-cheol/Minister of Public Administration and Security: The importance of quarantine in people's lives, such as reducing private gatherings, is more urgent than ever.]
Meanwhile, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) reported that a total of 676,000 people completed the first vaccination of the vaccine until yesterday, and Corona 19 593 medical staff and workers in the treatment hospital said they had received a second dose of the Pfizer vaccine.