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New corona 19 confirmed cases came out yesterday (12th), 542 people, and recorded 500 people on the second day.
The government stressed that this week is a very important time to decide whether or not to go into a full-fledged fourth outbreak.
Reporter Nam Joo-hyun.
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Out of the 542 new confirmed cases, 528 are domestic outbreaks, excluding 14 foreign patients.
By region, 335 people came from the metropolitan area and 193 people came from the non-metropolitan area.
At the music training center in Seocho-gu, Seoul, where the group infection occurred, 8 more were confirmed yesterday, resulting in a cumulative 12, and the group infection in an elementary school in Bundang, Gyeonggi-do continued to increase, reaching a cumulative 15.
One teacher was confirmed after visiting a karaoke room, and it is believed that a group infection that started in the karaoke room has spread to the school.
Since the opening of school last month, the number of confirmed students and teachers across the country has reached 1,900, and the school-age age confirmation rate has increased over the past three weeks, so the government decided to check the quarantine situation in schools and academies.
[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: This is a very important time when it is decided whether or not this week will enter the fourth outbreak.] The number of
first-
time COVID-
19 vaccine vaccinations increased by 37,000, to a cumulative of 1195,000.
The government has announced that it is in discussions with vaccine suppliers to secure vaccines, and that it will supply the vaccine as soon as possible by simplifying administrative procedures such as licensing and shipping.
Vaccination centers are operated in all municipalities by the end of this month, and vaccination through consignment medical institutions will start next week.
After the COVID-19 vaccination, the number of reported adverse reactions increased by 109, including one death report and one serious suspected case.