<Anchor> The number of



additional corona19 confirmed cases has gone down to 500 in six days. However, on a weekly basis, the average number of domestic patients per day is increasing for 5 consecutive weeks. Meanwhile, the government said it was unable to conclude that it was because of the vaccine, as a result of an investigation of medical personnel in their 40s who showed signs of paralysis of limbs and limbs.



First, reporter Kim Deok-hyun.



<Reporter> This



is an elderly care facility in Seongdong-gu, Seoul.



Yesterday (24th), after one worker who received the vaccine was confirmed, the number of confirmed patients, including the elderly and workers, increased to six.



The elderly and workers here received the Pfizer vaccine on the 19th and 20th, and they appear to be infected before antibodies formed.



[Song Eun-cheol/Seoul City Infectious Disease Control Division Manager: We are investigating the fact that users stayed at the facility for a long time and ate together.] The



number of confirmed cases, which soared close to 800, fell to 500 in six days, but the risk of the 4th epidemic is increasing.



The average number of domestic patients per day for the last week was 659, an increase of 38 from the previous week.



It is on the rise for 5 consecutive weeks, but the number of confirmed cases has increased in all regions of the country except Honam.



The government plans to intensively manage facilities that are vulnerable to infections where group outbreaks are occurring through joint inspections.



The case of a nursing assistant in her 40s who received the AstraZeneca vaccine and reported symptoms of quadriplegia could not conclude the relevance of vaccination.



[Park Young-joon / Head of Adverse Response Investigation Support Team, Vaccination Promotion Team: The procedure and order of evaluating the causality of vaccination and diagnosis after making the diagnosis a little clearer... .]



Including today's announcement, there have been 99 cases of death and serious adverse reactions deliberated by the government so far, and only two seriously suspected cases have been recognized for causality with the vaccine.



(Video editing: Eunjin Choi, VJ: Soyoung Shin)