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number of diagnostic tests decreased than usual due to the holiday, the number of additional confirmed cases exceeded 1,700 for the second day. In order to prevent the spread of the corona virus further after the holidays, the authorities have urged them to be tested if they have even the slightest suspicion of symptoms.



Reporter Jeon Yeon-nam.



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Incheon Coast Passenger Terminal.



On the 18th, when the holiday began, a total of 47 people were infected after the first confirmed case was found on a passenger ship going between Incheon Port and Ongjin-gun.



At the Garak Agricultural and Fishery Market in Seoul, where the first confirmed case was confirmed on the 2nd, 31 additional people were confirmed a day yesterday (21st), and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 408.



The proportion of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area has consistently exceeded 75%.



The number of daily confirmed cases also recorded an all-time high of 1,409.1 for the past week.



The government is concerned about the spread of the infection nationwide after the Chuseok holiday.



In fact, from the 13th to the 19th, the amount of mobile phone movement increased by 5.4% compared to the previous week, especially in non-metropolitan areas as the Chuseok holiday began.



[Gang Do-tae / 1st General Coordinator of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters: I am concerned about the spread of the (metropolitan epidemic) to other regions. (If you have any suspicious symptoms) We ask that you take a diagnostic test.]



Starting the

day

after tomorrow, as the Chuseok special quarantine period ends, in the 4th stage area, up to 6 people, including those who have been vaccinated again, can gather.



Vaccinations, which were less than 200,000 a day during the holidays, are expected to pick up speed again.



To this end, the government has received 4,625,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine today, and plans to receive an additional 1 million doses from Pfizer within this month from the UK, which has signed a mutual donation agreement.



Vaccines received from the UK will be returned in installments in December.



In addition, President Moon Jae-in met with Pfizer Chairman Albert Bulla during his US tour and requested the smooth introduction and early supply of next year's vaccine.



"If we sign an agreement quickly, there will be an opportunity for early supply," said Bulla.



(Video coverage: Oh Young-chun, Video editing: Lee Seung-yeol)