<Anchor> Although the
number of tests during the weekend was reduced by about half compared to weekdays, the number of new coronavirus confirmed today (20th) is expected to be 500. Infection through family, acquaintances, and co-workers continues, and foreign mutant viruses, which are known to have stronger transmission power, are also spreading.
Reporter Kim Deok-hyun reports.
<Reporter> This
is an area where entertainment facilities are concentrated in Jumunjin-eup, Gangneung-si.
An order prohibiting gatherings has been affixed to this area of entertainment.
At least 35 people, including local residents, were serially infected in the four days after the first confirmed person came out at Jumunjin Port on the 15th.
Gangneung-si has raised the distance to Jumunjin-eup in two stages since yesterday.
We are also reviewing a total survey of 10,000 residents in this area.
[Kim Han-geun/Gangneung Market: Many fishermen cannot get on a boat during the banned fishing period, and they do business around the port or hold small go-stop meetings. A few gathered without wearing a mask... .]
As the spread of Corona 19 in Busan, Ulsan, and Gyeongnam increased, the number of confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area on the day before yesterday exceeded 40% of the domestic outbreaks.
The average number of confirmed cases in Korea for the past week is 621, which has been increasing for 3 consecutive weeks.
[Jung Eun-kyung/Director of the Disease Management Administration: 47.4% of the cases occurred due to contact with predecessors such as family, acquaintances, and co-workers, and the small-scale spread continues mainly due to contact between close colleagues and acquaintances.]
As a result of the joint government crackdown, in the last two weeks, mainly in Seoul and Busan, there were 370 entertainment facilities that violate the quarantine guidelines, and about 2,100 people were caught.
The government extended the period of intensive crackdown until the 25th for another one week as cases of violations of the quarantine guidelines of entertainment facilities continued.