<Anchor> With the



spread of the corona virus, patients are increasing one after another in kindergartens and daycare centers. Under these circumstances, dual-income couples who are forced to leave their children with them and go to work are anxious and apologetic that their children may be infected more than they are now.



By Song In-ho.



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is a kindergarten attached to an elementary school in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do.



Since kindergarten students and their parents were first confirmed, the number of confirmed cases has risen to 25 so far.



[Yeosu City Official: When it was first discovered and confirmed, both the child and the mother were confirmed.]



A daycare center in Dong-gu, Ulsan was also infected with more than 80 people on the 8th, including teachers and students, after 8 people were confirmed.



Even in the metropolitan area, where emergency care is permitted under the closure order, the number of confirmed cases related to daycare centers and kindergartens is increasing rapidly.



In Gyeonggi-do, the number of daycare center-related confirmed cases doubled this month, from an average of 4 or 5 per day in the first half of this year.



In particular, of the 1,33 confirmed cases of daycare centers in Gyeonggi Province this year, 200 cases, or 20%, were confirmed this month alone.



The number of confirmed cases is increasing, but the number of children who go to school for dual-income reasons has not decreased significantly.



In metropolitan areas such as Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Incheon, the enrollment rate at daycare centers is around 54%, half the usual level, but in non-metropolitan areas it is high at 70-90%.



[Kyeong-Im Jang / Director of Daycare Center: This is a situation where many parents of dual-income families are currently spending. Please take care of each other at home for each other's safety (please.)] With the



highly contagious delta mutation spreading, children with weakened immunity are more vulnerable to infection.



Some local governments in the metropolitan area have recommended emergency care users who leave their children at daycare centers to undergo a preemptive test for COVID-19 once a month.