1. Regarding the spectators' support for fostering in the first round of the professional baseball wildcard game yesterday (1st), the quarantine authorities said, "Crying or chanting during the game is prohibited in the first stage of the gradual recovery of daily life." "Crying even if you wear a mask" If you shout out slogans or slogans, more saliva will be discharged, making the mask blocking effect less effective,” he pointed out. He continued, "We will devise measures and discuss measures with relevant ministries to ensure that this aspect is thoroughly observed."



2. As of 00:00 today, there were 1,589 new confirmed cases of COVID-19, 96 fewer than yesterday. However, the number is 324 more than the 1,265 people on the same day of the week last week, October 26. In the last week of last month, the infection reproduction index also rose to 1.06, indicating the spread of infection.



3. Son Yeong-rae, head of the social strategy division at the Central Accident Resolving Headquarters, said, "Even on Halloween, the spread of the virus may increase as there are more gatherings and events in the process of recovering from daily life." They will appear together (around next week)."



4. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said, "Out of the 646 confirmed cases on October 31, 319, or 49.4%, were breakthrough infections," and "higher than the national rate." The cumulative number of breakthrough infections nationwide was 23,72, and in October, the number of breakthrough infections increased by 1092 in a month, resulting in a monthly breakthrough infection rate of 19.2%. However, breakthrough infection occurred in only 0.076% of those who completed vaccination.



5. As of 00:00 today, the completion rate of vaccination was 75.6%, and the rate of primary vaccination was 80.3%. Considering the current inoculation rate, it is expected that the '80% completion rate of vaccination', the standard for the second stage of daily recovery before next weekend (13th to 14th), can be achieved. By age, 81.7% over 80 years old, 92.3% in their 70s, 93.6% in their 60s, 92.9% in their 50s, 86.6% in their 40s, 81.5% in their 30s, and 83.5% in their 18s to 29s, and 12 to 17 when vaccination was just started. The tax was 0.6%. On some job information online sites, there were posts that 'new employees were cancelled' or 'forced to retire' because of non-vaccination, but whether they are true or not has not been confirmed.



6. The New York Times and other American media reported that the number of deaths from COVID-19 worldwide exceeded 5 million, citing data from Johns Hopkins University. It has been a year and 10 months since the Chinese government announced the first death from COVID-19 in Wuhan on January 11 last year. However, experts pointed out that the actual death toll could double that number, more than 10 million, as some countries, such as India and Afghanistan, cannot compile an accurate death toll or trust national statistics such as China and Russia.



7. White House coronavirus coordinator Jeffrey Giants said, "As soon as we heard that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization for Pfizer vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 on the 29th of last month, we immediately started packaging and shipping the vaccine." “By the end of the week, 15 million copies will be distributed nationwide.”

Rochelle Willensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said, "The Pfizer vaccine for children has a 91% infection prevention rate. and explained.



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