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Yesterday (9th), the number of new corona19 patients decreased slightly, but the number was close to 1,900. In particular, the spread of the metropolitan area, where 75% of the patients are concentrated, is still serious. There were concerns that the fourth wave would become more serious if it spreads again from the metropolitan area to the whole country during the Chuseok holiday.



Correspondent Ahn Sang-woo.



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Diagnostic tests continued for the second day at the screening clinic set up at the agricultural and fishery market in Garak-dong, Seoul.



A total of 8,000 workers were tested, and 72 people have been infected since the first confirmed case on the 2nd.



Some of the confirmed cases continued to work even after symptoms appeared, and the scale of infection increased.



[Park Yu-mi/Seoul City Citizen Health Bureau: (At the workplace), please be sure to wear a mask even outdoors. And if you develop symptoms, please do not go to work and get tested immediately.]



Last week, the average daily number of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area exceeded 1,200 for the first time, 2.5 times that of non-metropolitan areas.



What is particularly worrisome is that the spread in the metropolitan area may re-spread nationwide starting with the Chuseok holiday.



The weekly average number of confirmed cases in non-metropolitan areas, which was below 500, soared to over 700 during the holiday season last month.



[Kim Bu-gyeom/Prime Minister: If the spread of infection from the metropolitan area to non-metropolitan areas occurs again this Chuseok holiday, the 4th epidemic will be longer and more serious.]



Terminals and railway stations from the 13th, when Chuseok quarantine measures start Temporary screening inspection stations installed in 13 places including , rest stops, etc., allow preemptive inspections on the way home and on the way home.



If possible, the government has requested that the minimum number of people visit their hometowns if they have completed the vaccination or if the preemptive test is negative.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Hwang In-seok, video editing: Kim Jun-hee, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)