1. 300 people on the third day… Overseas’mutant virus’ infection increases
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As of today (7th) 0 o’clock, the number of new daily corona19 confirmed cases decreased by 21 from yesterday, reaching 300 for three consecutive days. However, group infections are continuing in various places and cases of overseas mutant virus infection are increasing.
This is Jung Jong-moon reporter.
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As of today 0 o’clock, there are 372 new cases of Corona 19 in Korea.
Local outbreaks of 326 and overseas inflows are 46, with 265 people concentrated in the metropolitan area.
Large and small outbreaks continue in hospitals, churches and saunas.
Infections related to Gwangju TCS International School under IM Mission were also confirmed, and the scale of infection increased at Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul and Antioch Church in Gwangju.
From tomorrow, in non-metropolitan areas, cafes and restaurants, as well as multi-use facilities such as a gym, can be operated until 10:00 p.m.
At the same time, the government enforces the’One Strike Out System’ in which punishment for violations of the quarantine regulations is increased, and when violations are detected, collective bans are imposed for two weeks separately from the fine.
A ban on groups of 5 or more is also maintained nationwide.
Three times as many ceremonies were allowed to gather up to four people, but the authorities urged citizens to comply with the quarantine regulations ahead of the Lunar New Year.
2. K-Beauty,’Growth’ in Corona… Exports last year 16%↑
Last year’s Corona 19 also showed that Korea’s cosmetic exports increased 16.1% from the previous year. According to statistics on import and export of the Korea Customs Service and the Korea Cosmetics Association on the 7th, it was tentatively calculated that last year’s cosmetics exports exceeded KRW 7.5 billion, and KRW 8.5 trillion in Korean money. Exports by country increased by 59% to Japan, 24% to China and 21% to the United States.
3. Seoul’s’expensive home’ prices jumped… 3rd in the world
In the fourth quarter of last year, it was found that the rate of increase in the price of expensive houses in Seoul was the third highest among 45 major cities in the world. On the 7th, British real estate information company Night Frank surveyed the top 5% of high-priced homes based on prices by major cities. The highest rate of increase was in Auckland, with 17.5%, and the lowest in Bangkok, with -7.3%.
4. Dense fine dust all over the country… Tomorrow morning’sparkling cold’
Today, Sunday, the concentration of fine dust nationwide will show a level from’bad’ to’very bad’. Depending on the location, there are some places where there is a light fog. The maximum temperature during the day is 6 degrees in Seoul, 10 degrees in Daejeon, and 14 degrees in Busan, and the warm weather will continue around 10 degrees. Tomorrow, the cold will come again as the morning minimum temperature drops below freezing in most parts of the country.