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Yesterday (16th), the number of corona19 confirmed people recorded 1,400. Compared to last weekend, the spread seems to be slowing down as the number of people has decreased by nearly 200. Vaccinations for 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds and pregnant women will start tomorrow.
Reporter Han Sang-woo reports.
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group infection was confirmed at Dongdaemun Market in Jongno-gu, Seoul.
After the first confirmed case on the 6th, a total of 55 people, including 48 market workers, family and acquaintances, were confirmed one after another.
The quarantine authorities set up a mobile screening clinic near the market and started operation by the end of this month.
Although large and small cluster infections are continuing in the metropolitan area, the total number of confirmed cases is on the decline.
Yesterday, the number of confirmed cases was 1,420, a decrease of 174 from a week ago.
As the inoculation completion rate rose to 64.6% of the population, the spread of infection is also analyzed to have slowed.
Vaccinations for 16- and 17-year-olds will start tomorrow, and about 490,000 people, more than half, have completed their reservations.
You will receive two doses of Pfizer vaccine at 3-week intervals until the 13th of the following month, and a parent or guardian must go along or submit a consent form.
2,573 pregnant women who have completed their reservation will also receive the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine starting tomorrow.
[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: I would like to say once again that what is most necessary for a step-by-step recovery of daily life is the participation of the public in vaccination and adherence to quarantine rules.]
Vaccinations for elementary school 6th graders to 3rd graders from 12 to 15 years old Advance reservations are from 8 pm tomorrow to the 12th of the next month, and the inoculation will start on the 1st of the next month.
(Video coverage: Hong Jong-soo, video editing: Park Ji-in)