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Today (7th), the number of new corona cases is expected to reach 4,000. There were also 12 additional cases of Omicron mutation infection, 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 the 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.



By region, Incheon is the most common, but the possibility of it spreading across the country cannot be ruled out.



A foreigner in his 70s from Jincheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, who participated in the Incheon church event was confirmed yesterday, and three foreign students 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.



The quarantine authorities said, "Currently, there are 10 confirmed cases awaiting the results of Omicron's analysis, and 1,360 people are being tracked and managed because there is a possibility of contact with a confirmed Omicron."



[Lee Sang-won / Head of Epidemiological Investigation and Analysis Team, Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters: Omicron's propagation speed seems to far exceed that of Delta.

It is judged that it is very likely to replace Delta and become the dominant species, and this judgment can be applied in Korea.]



However, the quarantine authorities said that all 24 domestic Omicron infections were asymptomatic or mild.