<Anchor> The number of



additional confirmed cases recorded 1,800 for the second day. The quarantine authorities are also reviewing plans to increase the number of people allowed for gatherings only for immediate family members during the Chuseok holiday next month, and to allow visits at nursing homes.



Reporter Park Soo-jin will tell you.



<Reporter> This



is a screening clinic in Hwacheon-gun, Gangwon-do.



As 17 people, including 16 students, were confirmed at a local high school, a procession of tests by nearby students and residents continued.



Classes at eight nearby elementary, middle, and high schools, including this school, have been suspended.



[Song Min-soo / Public Relations Manager at Hwacheon-gun Office: We are asking residents who live in apartments or living spaces where students live to cooperate so that they can preemptively receive tests.] The



average number of confirmed

cases

per day in one week is 1,700 for the third week. it's not falling off.



Amid criticism that the current social distancing measures in the metropolitan area 4 and non-metropolitan areas are not effective, the government self-reportedly suppressed the surge.



[Sohn Young-rae/Chairman of Social Strategy Team at Central Accident Resolving Headquarters: Although it did not turn the overall epidemic size into a decreasing trend, it blocked the rapid trend of the epidemic size, which increased by 30-50% compared to the previous week.]



Vaccination

by suppressing the

spread of the epidemic as much as possible until Chuseok If this speed is accelerated, the quarantine authorities judge that the fourth epidemic can be stabilized.



Therefore, we are discussing ways to ease some of the quarantine measures to be applied during the Chuseok holiday.



Only those who have been vaccinated for immediate family gatherings are excluded from the limited number of people.



We are also considering whether to expand the target of these incentives to those receiving the first dose.



There is a possibility that face-to-face visits to nursing hospitals will be allowed during the Chuseok holiday.



The quarantine authorities plan to announce the quarantine measures for Chuseok after closely monitoring the epidemic situation by early next week.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: So Ji-hye)