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Following the last two days, today (16th), the number of new corona cases is expected to be around 1,600. As of 9 o'clock last night, the number of confirmed cases has already exceeded 1,400.
Reporter Nam Joo-hyun reports.
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door to the sauna in Gwanak-gu, Seoul is firmly closed.
After one sauna worker was first confirmed on the 11th, 21 more were confirmed four days later.
[Song Eun-cheol/Head of Infectious Disease Control Division in Seoul: It is estimated that users visited regularly, stayed for a long time when visiting, and it was spread due to insufficient wearing of masks in public spaces such as locker rooms.]
Owners of 4 entertainment pubs and Danran pubs in Chungmuro, Seoul and 6 workers were confirmed, but it was difficult to identify users, so the health authorities sent a text message asking visitors to be tested
While large and small group infections continue to occur in various everyday spaces, the proportion of confirmed patients investigating the route of infection reached a record high of 31.6%.
There is also growing concern about the exemption from self-quarantine for those who have received all the vaccines from abroad.
About 14,000 people who came in with negative confirmations this month were tested on the first day, because 10 people tested positive.
Sinopharm was the most vaccinated with 5 patients, followed by Pfizer and AstraZeneca.
[Park Young-joon / Head of Epidemiological Investigation Team, Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters: Appropriateness of specific vaccines or reasons for exemption can be evaluated after monitoring… .]
Whether to maintain the 4th level of distance in the metropolitan area scheduled for until the 25th seems to be decided imminently.
The health authorities said that depending on the situation, they could make a decision after observing the trend until the 25th.