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new confirmed cases of COVID-19 has been in the four digits for 32 days in a row. Today (8th), 1,700 people are expected. The application of the 4th level in the metropolitan area and 3rd level in the non-metropolitan area, which is the highest level of distancing, is not showing any significant effect.
Reporter Nam Joo-hyun.
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Another group infection occurred in Noryangjin Fish Market in Dongjak-gu, Seoul, following May.
After the first confirmed case on the 3rd, 22 additional cases were confirmed in four days.
From the 29th of last month to the 6th of last month, the Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters sent a text message asking visitors to the first floor of the fish market and the auction market to undergo a corona test.
[Park Yu-mi / Seoul City Civil Health Bureau Director: The underground workplace where the confirmed patient occurred had difficult natural ventilation, worked together for a long time and shared the shower room in the break room… .]
Church-related confirmed cases in Daegu increased by 23 more to exceed 160, and the number of confirmed cases at the Nonghyup distribution center in Changwon, Gyeongnam increased to 30, including 10 users.
The number of confirmed cases is continuing at the four-digit number for 32 days in a row as mass infections continue to occur in markets, marts, churches, and karaoke rooms.
Although the distance in the metropolitan area has been raised to level 4, the highest level, and level 3 has been applied to non-metropolitan areas, the expected effect is not showing as the movement volume has increased recently and the spread is still there.
The measures for the 4th level in the metropolitan area and the 3rd level in the non-metropolitan area will be extended for two more weeks from tomorrow.
Schools can resume as scheduled at the end of this month only to prevent further spread of the holiday season and Liberation Day holidays.