[사회]959 people confirmed, Eastern detention center 5th full inspection

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The number of confirmed cases related to the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul has increased to 959 in less than a month.

Today, the 5th screening is conducted on inmates and over 1,000 employees.

There is also a great concern about whether the cumulative infection scale exceeds a thousand people, with the number of confirmed cases in units of a hundred for every full test so far.

Let’s connect reporters. Reporter Jung Hyun-woo!

You say the fifth full-scale inspection is going on today at the eastern detention center in Seoul?

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That’s right. Today, the 5th thorough examination is being conducted at the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul, where the number of confirmed cases has increased to the mid-900s.

It is conducted for 1,128 employees and detainees who were negatively judged during the 4th total inspection three days ago.

Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun, Justice Minister Chu Mi-ae, and Vice Minister Lee Yong-gu also conducted on-site quarantine inspections.

When the results of today’s tests come out, there are also voices of concern that the size of the confirmed patients, currently in the mid-900s, exceeds four digits.

Since the last 2nd and 3rd tests showed 200 people at a time, and the 4th test showed more than 120 infected people, the results of this test are drawing attention.

Meanwhile, the number of confirmed cases in correctional facilities nationwide is 982, which is close to 1,000, and two cases of deaths among prisoners appear severe.

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In addition to the eastern detention center, there is a group infection in the metropolitan area.

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Group infection continues to occur in everyday life spaces such as workplaces, religious facilities, and hospitals.

First of all, the number of confirmed cases related to the Icheon Logistics Terminal of Rosen Express has increased to 80, including 69 employees.

The first confirmed cases came out on the 29th of last month, and the quarantine authorities believe that the infection has spread because workers were not wearing masks and distance rules were not well established.

At a leather factory in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province, the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 67 after the first confirmed case occurred on the 28th of last month.

The plant was shut down, but 545 people, including employees and retirees, were thoroughly inspected.

The spread continues in nursing homes and hospitals.

On the 29th of last month, the infection scale increased to 16 after 2 officials were confirmed at a nursing home in Yangcheon-gu, Seoul.

In the epidemiological investigation, the employees followed the quarantine measures well, but it was found that some inmates were not able to avoid infection due to insufficient wearing of masks.

In a hospital in Paju, Gyeonggi-do, after one hospitalized patient was confirmed on the 21st of last month, 12 were added in the contact investigation, and the total was counted as 66.

Meanwhile, at the church in Jungnang-gu, Seoul, where the first confirmed person came out on the 27th of last month, 5 additional people, including members of the church and family, were confirmed, and the infection scale increased to 61.

The quarantine authorities assessed the current situation as a state of stagnation with neither a sharp increase nor a marked decline.

At the same time, we have repeatedly emphasized that we will comply with the quarantine regulations so that we can control the situation stably until the time when vaccinations and treatments are used.

YTN Jeong Hyun-woo at the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul[[email protected]]is.

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