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Today (29th), the number of new COVID-19 cases is expected to be around 1,600. As the number of confirmed cases does not decrease even if the steps to keep distance are strengthened, and even yesterday, the record was broken again, the government decided to consider introducing stronger quarantine measures.



By Kim Yong-tae, staff reporter.



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4th stage of social distancing in the metropolitan area, which started on the 12th, has already entered the third week.



However, mass infections continue to occur regardless of regions and places, such as restaurants in Mapo-gu, Seoul, gyms in Yangju, Gyeonggi, and public baths in Dongnae-gu, Busan.



It is the first time that the number of confirmed cases in Korea, excluding overseas inflows, exceeded 1,800, the first time that there were more than 1,200 patients in the metropolitan area, and the first time that there were more than 600 patients in the non-metropolitan area since the fourth epidemic.



[Choi Bo-hyun / Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: Because there are a lot of patients, they become very dull, and the stories of those patients are that they are active without any symptoms.]



Although I am writing the most every week, the weekly movement amount last week compared to a week ago was 1% in the metropolitan area. , and non-metropolitan areas increased by 0.7%.



The government analyzed that there was a lot of fatigue due to the prolonged distance and that the amount of travel did not decrease because it was the holiday season.



He also hinted that stronger measures could be taken if the downward trend does not reverse by next week.



[Sonyoungrae / Central accidents probation office social strategy Gris: (we'll evaluate) whether that is to spread further in the meeting centered infection, or whether you do not adequately control the multi-use facilities, such as a facility-based path are infected are spreading -



Government Although they understand the people's grievances, they emphasized that it is not possible to reorganize the quarantine system in a way that coexists with the corona virus like in the UK.