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Today (24th), the number of newly confirmed coronaviruses is expected to be around 500. Considering the number of tests given on the weekend, this is not a small number. Group infections are continuing throughout everyday life, especially group infections from entertainment establishments.
Reporter Jeon Hyeong-woo reports.
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is an entertainment bar in Daegu where 6 confirmed cases were released on the 19th.
There are dozens of more infected people every day, and 56 more were confirmed, so the number of patients surged to 114 in four days.
It is estimated that customers and workers did not know that they were infected and moved to 8 businesses to spread it.
[Kim Jae-dong/Daegu City Hall Citizen Health Bureau Director: I was wondering if I would have entered a business with foreigners... We are now taking steps to inspect the workers for Thai massage.] At
an entertainment establishment in Gimhae, Gyeongsangnam-do, after the first confirmation of the employee on the 20th, a total of 5 confirmed cases came out.
[Minister Jeon Hae-cheol/Minister of Public Administration and Security: The number of infected people in non-metropolitan areas has reached 40% of the total number of infected people across the country.] In the last
week, the average number of confirmed cases per day for the second week has seldom dropped to 600.
The reproductive index of infection, which indicates how many people one confirmed person infects, again exceeded 1 in one month.
Starting today, the current'social distancing' step will be extended for another 3 weeks.
Starting on the 27th, the first dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine will resume, targeting 5.14 million seniors aged 65 to 74.
The government will provide a variety of benefits once the vaccination is completed, but this week it has decided to unveil detailed plans.