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Yesterday (4th), the number of new coronavirus confirmed cases was around 500, but today it seems that there will be around 700 people. In Gangneung, more than 50 foreign workers were confirmed.



This is Park Soo-jin.



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Foreign workers are tested for Corona 19 at the temporary screening test center in front of the Gangneung City Health Center.



On the 1st, 50 people were confirmed one after another, starting with foreign workers working at the construction site.



The quarantine authorities believe that the infection spread as foreigners who came to look for work lived together in motels.



In particular, we are paying attention to the fact that most of the confirmed cases are from the Islamic world and are during the religious ceremony of Ramadan.



[Kim Han-geun/Gangneung Mayor: I fasted during the day, and then a large number of people gathered in the evening and cooked together. I bought the ingredients. In this process, a large-scale confirmation occurred (estimated.)]



Gangneung-si raised the distance to the second stage, saying that the number of foreigners subject to inspection could exceed 2,000, and the number of confirmed

cases

could increase further.



In Yeosu and Goheung, Jeollanam-do, the number of confirmed cases increased to 32 in two days, and it was upgraded to the second stage again after a day of applying the new distance trial.



The number of confirmed cases, which had gone up and down from 600 to 700 last week, decreased slightly over the weekend.



The infection reproductive index also fell below 1 in 5 weeks.



However, the quarantine authorities are in a position that it is too early to say that the spread of infection has been reduced as large and small infections continue in daily life.



In addition, meetings and events are increasing in celebration of Family Month, and we are also monitoring the possibility of spreading through contact with families and acquaintances.



In fact, the number of confirmed cases related to family and acquaintance meetings has been increasing over the past four months.



The quarantine authorities urged them to reduce travel over long distances and refrain from family gatherings as much as possible.