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is the news of Corona 19. Since the Chuseok holiday, the number of new confirmed cases continues to change the record for the highest number of days of the week. As of Monday, yesterday (27th), there were close to 2,300 confirmed cases, and the number of new confirmed cases being counted today has already exceeded 2,000 as of 6 pm. In particular, the number of foreign patients has increased recently, and the number of confirmed cases per 100,000 people is 9 times higher than that of Koreans.
Reporter Kim Yong-tae reports.
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“visiting vaccination center” has been established in Garak Market in Seoul.
This is because the number of market-related confirmed cases has increased to about 750 and it is a place where many foreigners come and go.
I am using the Janssen vaccine that ends with #1.
[Song Eun-cheol/Seoul Metropolitan City Infectious Diseases Control Division: This is operated to vaccinate unvaccinated people in Garak Market, such as foreign distribution workers who are in the blind spot of vaccination.]
Increasing the foreign vaccination rate means that there are that many infected people.
Since the end of June, the number of foreign confirmed cases has continued to increase, exceeding 2,300 last week.
About 16% of the total, the proportion of foreigners in some regions has risen to 46%.
The incidence rate per 100,000 people was also 9 times higher than that of Koreans, and the completion rate of vaccination is half that of Koreans.
[Park Hyang/Central Accident Control Headquarters Head of Prevention and Prevention: It will not be linked to crackdowns or departure measures. Foreigners should be actively vaccinated.]
The trend of the overall increase in the number of confirmed cases has not been stopped.
Yesterday, 2,289 people were the highest as of Monday, and the number of confirmed cases is expected to increase today.
The proportion of non-metropolitan areas, which was close to 30% the day before, has decreased to 26.1%.
However, last week, including the Chuseok holiday, the amount of travel to non-metropolitan areas increased by 12.4%, so there is a possibility that the aftermath will be in full swing after the middle of this week.
The government repeatedly appealed to refrain from moving ahead of two three-day holidays next month, requesting that local festivals and events be reviewed.
(Video coverage: Park Hyeon-cheol, video editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Kang Yu-ra)
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