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Next is the news of Corona 19.

Today (6th), more than 240,000 confirmed cases came out, recording the 200,000 level for three days in a row.

The waiting time alone was over two hours, so the test center was overcrowded with people trying to get a PCR test, and the home treatment site had no time to rest.



Reporter Han Seong-hee reports.



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The test center is crowded with people trying to get a PCR test because the self-examination is positive.



This is a temporary screening center at Independence Gate Square in Seoul.



There were so many people that the line for the PCR test was over 300m.



The waiting time alone is at least 2 hours.



[Lim Jae-geun / Independence Gate Square Temporary Screening Inspection Center: It has been over two hours since it opened, and there have already been over 1,000 visitors.

We are working without a day off with the maximum number of people, but there is a shortage of manpower.] As the number of



confirmed cases continued to hover around 200,000 for the third day, the number of people receiving treatment at home also increased to 1.12 million.



Local government employees in charge of home treatment have long since disappeared.



Calls came in non-stop, and



[yesterday, you were confirmed.

There is a hospital that does it even on weekends.]



There are many emergencies.





[Nam Joo-ho / Nowon-gu Office Home Treatment Team Supervisor: Just recently

, there was an emergency call from a pediatric diabetic patient whose blood sugar suddenly dropped.

I was diagnosed and started working from home.



There were 885 patients with severe severe cases, approaching 900 for two days in a row.



Most of them are elderly people, with 83% over 60 years old, but there are also low-age patients such as 6 under 9 years old and 2 teenagers.



Among the new confirmed cases in Korea, those under the age of 18 accounted for 23.1%, more than the high-risk group over the age of 60.



In particular, as elementary, middle and high schools opened last week, additional measures are needed to counter the increase in the number of low-age infections.



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho, CG: Jeon Yu-geun, Kang Kyung-rim)