<Anchor> The number of
new COVID-19 cases is expected to record 1,700 today (12th). In particular, the situation in the metropolitan area is not good, where 3 out of 4 confirmed cases occur. Special quarantine measures for Chuseok will be implemented from next week, but even non-metropolitan areas cannot be relieved when the full-fledged homecoming procession begins.
Correspondent Lee Seong-hoon.
<Reporter> At the
agricultural and fishery market in Garak-dong, Seoul, where the group infection occurred, two screening clinics were opened even on holidays.
Since one worker was first confirmed on the 2nd, 77 people have been infected so far.
The merchants who were looking forward to the Chuseok event are disappointed.
[Garak-dong Agricultural and Fisheries Market Merchant: Sometimes I can't even sell an onion and go home. When I'm busy, I can't do business. It's worse than usual.] At the
indoor sports facility in Gangdong-gu, Seoul, on the 4th, after the facility user was confirmed, 22 more people were infected.
The proportion of patients in the metropolitan area has reached 75% for two consecutive days, and the situation is not improving.
[Lee Ki-il/Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters 1st Controller: Residents of the metropolitan area are at risk of infection anytime and anywhere, so please strictly observe social distancing and personal quarantine rules.]
Although the spread of non-metropolitan areas has slowed, Chungcheong Province The number of new confirmed cases was 195, the second highest in the metropolitan area.
At Daejeon Veterans Hospital, a hospital dedicated to Corona 19, 12 patients including patients and guardians were confirmed, and some of the wards went into group isolation.
Special quarantine measures for Chuseok will be implemented for two weeks from tomorrow.
Additional screening stations are operated at some rest stops, railway stations and terminals, and eating and drinking at highway rest areas is prohibited from the 17th.
Visits to long-term care hospitals and facilities are allowed by prior reservation, and contact visits are also possible once both the visitor and the patient have been vaccinated.