<Anchor> We
will continue with the Corona 19 breaking news.
While the number of additional confirmed cases surpassed 400 again, 11 of them were confirmed by a male handball team in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province.
Even though one athlete had suspicious symptoms, it was confirmed that they were tested only six days later.
First, reporter Kim Deok-hyun.
<Reporter> The
group infection was confirmed by 11 male players and coaches from SK Hawks, a handball team based in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province.
One player showed suspicious symptoms on the 18th, followed by coughing and fever symptoms in other players and coaches.
A team official said, "The athlete who showed suspicious symptoms for the first time was diagnosed with a cold at the hospital, and when he took medicine, his fever went down, so he did not feel the need for testing.
One floor of the dormitory of SK Hynix's Cheongju plant, which the athletes used, was closed.
More than 700 employees who shared common spaces such as in-house restaurants with them are also undergoing preemptive inspections.
[Cheongju Heungdeok Health Center Officer: I am currently selecting the number of people who used the restaurant together during the (overlapping) time zone by looking at CCTV or these things.] In
Geoje, Gyeongnam, the epidemiological link between group infections was confirmed.
The infection that started in an entertainment facility spread to family members and acquaintances through bathhouses and shipyards, but the cumulative confirmed number increased to 157.
[Yoon Tae-ho / Head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters: I have to be very cautious about meal meetings related to outdoor activities, especially in relation to group dining... .] The
government is planning to hurry to prepare related quarantine measures as the by-election campaigns begin tomorrow in Seoul and Busan.
(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Choi Eun-jin)