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Today (7th), the number of new corona cases is expected to reach 4,000. 12 additional cases of Omicron mutation infection have been added, increasing the number to 24 so far. Omicron mutation infected people are spreading to other areas through the church in Incheon, and quarantine authorities believe that the omicron mutation is highly likely to become a dominant species in Korea.



This is reporter Jeong Da-eun.



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is a screening clinic installed in the parking lot of a church in Incheon.



People who attended a church service for foreigners on the 28th are being tested.



[Incheon city officials: There are less than 50 people here now. 40, 50.] The number



of domestic patients infected with the Omicron mutation increased by 12 in one day to 24.



The largest number of infections started with a pastor couple in Incheon, who visited Nigeria, with 20, followed by two women in their 50s who also visited Nigeria and two more who entered South Africa on the 1st.



Incheon has the most by region, but the possibility of it spreading nationwide cannot be ruled out.



A foreigner in his 70s from Jincheon, North Chungcheong Province, who participated in the Incheon church event, was confirmed yesterday, and three foreign students who are waiting for the results of the Omicron analysis related to the Incheon church are attending three universities in Seoul.



Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, one of them, has switched all campus classes to non-face-to-face until the 14th.



Defense officials "and the current five-micron analysis confirmed self-ten people waiting for the results," Omicron diagnosed party contact with people likely to have traceability amount to 1,360 people have stated that "



[Lee, Sang - Won / Central Defense Headquarters epidemiological Analysis Team Leader: The propagation speed of Omicron seems to far exceed that of Delta. It is judged that there is a very high possibility that it will replace Delta and become the dominant species, and this judgment can also be applied in Korea.]



However, the quarantine authorities All 24 people infected with Omicron said they were asymptomatic or mild.