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731 new corona19 confirmed cases were added, and more than 700 confirmed cases came out again within a week. The government said that the current epidemic situation was manageable, but again called for concerns about the fourth epidemic.
The first news, reporter Ahn Sang-woo will deliver.
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Among the new corona19 confirmed cases, 692 are domestic infection cases, excluding 39 foreign patients.
By region, 449 people were concentrated in Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon.
As 17 people related to a building in Guro-gu, Seoul were infected, the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 36, and the number of confirmed cases related to a middle school lunchroom in Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, where the first confirmed cases were released on the 17th, increased to 11.
There were 243 confirmed cases in non-capital regions, including 40 in Gyeongnam and 39 in Ulsan.
Although more than 700 confirmed cases came out again within a week, the government is cautious about raising the distance, considering that the current epidemic situation is manageable.
[Hong Nam-ki/Prime Minister's Acting: Only 9% of beds were available on December 11th, when the first 700 people were approached, but as of April 19th, about 80% are available.]
However, recently As infections continue to spread throughout everyday life, we believe that we are leading the spread, and we decided to strengthen our preemptive testing capabilities by visiting epidemic areas and actively conducting diagnostic tests.
From next month, the educational authorities also decided to run a trial operation of a mobile sample collection team in Seoul area only so that school staff and students without symptoms can undergo diagnostic tests if they wish.
In addition, the government announced that it will mobilize its full capacity to vaccinate up to 12 million people in the first half of the first half after completing the first vaccination of 3 million people within this month.