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I was worried, the number of corona patients is increasing rapidly after the Liberation Day holiday. Today (19th), the number of new confirmed cases is expected to exceed 2,000. The social distancing guidelines that will be in effect next week will be announced tomorrow.



Reporter Park Chan-geun reports.



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9 pm last night, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases reached 1,995, approaching 2,000.



The number of new confirmed cases to be announced today is expected to be around 2,200, 338 more than the same time the day before.



It will be recorded again in the 2,000 range in eight days, and it is expected that it can surpass the record high of 2,222 on the 11th.



As the amount of travel in the metropolitan area and highways increased in the past week, including the Liberation Day holiday, new cluster infections are occurring in the country.



At the construction site in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, more than 20 people were infected in three days after the first confirmed case on the 15th.



When nearly 20 people were confirmed at other nearby construction sites, the city of Seoul recommended preemptive inspections of more than 95,000 construction workers.



In addition, there have been reports of kindergartens in Jungnang-gu, Seoul (29 people), Taekwondo Academy in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do (17 people), and family gatherings in Eumseong, North Chungcheong Province (11 people).



Despite the four-step distance in the metropolitan area and the government's appeal to stay at home, the amount of movement has not decreased, increasing the spread.



[Bakhyang / Central accidents probation Headquarters Defense General Lieutenant: such moves due to the holiday season demand, and fatigue, according to the Corona 19 prolonged is judged to be influenced -



Government to release the positioning statement Distance apply from tomorrow, next week, The expected.



The government is also considering not exempting those who have been vaccinated from quarantine if they enter from a country with a lambda mutation in order to prevent the introduction of the lambda mutation, which is known to be as dangerous as the delta mutation.