<Anchor> The number of



new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Korea was 1,674, down 200 from the previous day, but it is continuing the four-digit number for the 23rd day. Some even claim that the 4th stage of distancing should be implemented nationwide, but the quarantine authorities are in the position to wait to see if the effect of the 3rd stage in non-metropolitan areas appears.



Reporter Nam Joo-hyun reports.



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The sauna door in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, where the group infection occurred, was closed.



After one user was confirmed on the 21st, 14 people tested positive by the 27th, and 18 people were added yesterday (28th), including 12 employees of the Seoul City Hall Seosomun Office.



This is the result of one of the related confirmed cases working in the office and testing the office staff as well.



[Song Eun-cheol/Seoul Metropolitan City Infectious Diseases Management Division: It was found that additional infections were spread to workers, users, and families, and additionally spread to employees of public institutions located in Jung-gu, where additional confirmed



cases work

.] In

non-metropolitan areas, more than 500 confirmed cases appeared on the ninth day.



Gwangju Metropolitan City, with an average of 25 confirmed cases per day, has decided to suspend the operation of entertainment facilities and singing practices from the day after tomorrow until the 8th of the next month.



It is pointed out that additional quarantine measures are needed in view of the prospect that the number of confirmed cases per day will exceed 2,000, but the government is watching more.



[Park Young-joon/Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters Epidemiological Investigation Team Leader: If social distancing is observed, personal quarantine rules are well observed, and vaccinations are completed, the recovery period will be faster... .]



The health authorities plan to monitor the situation until next week when the effect of the three-stage upgrade in the non-metropolitan area can be understood.



Deputy Prime Minister of Education Yoo Eun-hye also said that school attendance for the second semester has not changed, but will be confirmed in the second week of next month while monitoring the progress of the confirmed cases.



The August vaccination schedule, including the vaccination schedule for 17 million people aged 18-49, will be announced tomorrow.



(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Kim Hak-mo, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho)



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