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number of weekend tests decreased, the number of confirmed cases yesterday (12th) was 1,433. Nearly 80% of the patients occur in the metropolitan area, and the spread has not been caught.



Reporter Park Soo-jin reports.



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It is a university hospital in Incheon. A man in his 50s who was hospitalized in the rehabilitation ward in the cancer center building of this hospital was confirmed on the 11th.



A test performed to be transferred to a nursing hospital was positive.



The hospital inspected 1,300 people who visited the building, and so far, 28 people including 12 patients, guardians, and caregivers have been infected.



[Incheon City Official: One (confirmed) caregiver showed the earliest symptoms. It started here, so I'm guessing (that's how it is).]



Another hospital in Incheon has also infected 34 people in the process of preemptive testing, and 13 people have been infected so far at a university hospital in Seoul.



The proportion of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area increased to 78.1% after continuing at 74% for three days.



In the past six weeks, the weekly number of confirmed cases per 100,000 population has also been stagnant overall, but the increase is clear in the metropolitan area.



The quarantine authorities explain that even if 70% of the population is vaccinated before Chuseok, it is difficult to expect a decrease in the number of confirmed cases based on the vaccination rate alone.



[Park Young-joon / Head of Epidemiological Investigation Team, Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters: Since 30% of the entire population remains unvaccinated, efforts to reduce the amount of movement are (necessary) Because it can (management is necessary)] The



quarantine authorities also announced that they would announce the vaccination plan for the fourth quarter, including the period of vaccination for adolescents aged 12 to 17, within this month.



In addition, for expensive overseas COVID-19 treatment, he explained, "The treatment process for COVID-19 is organized by health insurance and budget, so there is no separate fee for patients."



(Video editing: Kim Jong-woo, CG: Uhm So-min·Lee Yeon-hee, VJ: Oh Se-gwan) 



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