<Anchor> The number of



new corona19 confirmed cases has dropped to 400 due to the lack of tests on weekends, but the decline is premature. At elementary schools in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 17 people have been confirmed one after another, and in Jeju, where the number of new confirmed cases has recently increased, the number of business hours limited to business has increased.



Reporter Kim Yong-tae.



<Reporter> The



school gate of an elementary school in Gangnam-gu, Seoul has been firmly closed.



After one of the school officials was confirmed on the 5th, they switched to online classes instead of attending school.



The number of confirmed cases increased to 17, including 8 students and 4 teachers.



[Song Eun-cheol/Seoul City Infectious Disease Control Division Head: The confirmed cases are being investigated as being spread through long-term classes, such as after-school classes and caring classes, in addition to regular classes.] About



150 out of 687 students, including all school students and faculty members, are waiting for the results.



In Jeju Island, following the entertainment bar, Danran bar, and singing practice room, the public bath, PC room, and game room will be open until 11 p.m. from tomorrow (11th).



In the last week, the average number of confirmed cases per day increased by about four times the previous week, reinforcing quarantine measures.



[Lim Tae-bong/Jeju Corona Defense Response Promotion Manager: From today, we will begin intensive quarantine and inspection for two weeks, and will fundamentally block quarantine violations through intensive inspections by facility.]



The number of new confirmed cases was the fewest in 41 days, but the quarantine authorities decided that the current situation was not a declining trend, but a'not increasing stage'.



Last Monday and the Monday of the previous week, it hit the 400 level, but in the mid-to-late week, the pattern repeated again, with more than 700.



In March, the government warned that Japan, where there were 1,000 confirmed cases, is now in the 6,000 range.



(Video coverage: Yoo-ryeong JIBS, video editing: Kim Jong-mi, VJ: Shin So-young)