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additional confirmed cases continued to be around 7,000 for the third day, and the number of patients with severe cases also exceeded 800. The government has announced that strong social distancing can be resumed next week if the current trend continues without stopping the corona virus.



Reporter Park Jae-hyun will tell you about this.



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is a screening clinic in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul.



Instead of waiting in line, the test subjects are given a numbered ticket in the order of arrival, and then are tested when their number is called.



With the recent surge in the number of confirmed cases, the number of test subjects with overlapping lines also increased, and the number of tickets per day exceeded 2,000 times.



[Residents of Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul: When I arrived in the morning, the line was quite long and there were many lines, so I felt that the number of (confirmed) is increasing.] The



total number of tests increased by more than 20% compared to the same period last week, but the city of Seoul today (10th) Since then, screening stations have been additionally installed at four locations including Jamsil Sports Complex.



The number of confirmed cases of Corona reached 7,022, and today recorded the 7,000 level.



The number of seriously ill patients was 852, recording 800 for three days in a row, and the number of deaths increased by 53.



The number of confirmed patients waiting for hospitalization due to a lack of hospital beds exceeded 20,000 for the first time.



The number of Omicron mutation infections increased by three more in Seoul, bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 63.



As the spread did not stop, quarantine authorities mentioned the possibility of additional quarantine measures next week.



[Lee Ki-il / 1st Supervisor of Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters: If special measures are necessary, we plan to further review restrictions on operating hours and private meetings.] The



government also issued a fifth administrative order to medical institutions across the country, It was decided to secure an additional 1,900 beds, including 240 beds.



(Video editing: Park Ji-in)