With 300 additional confirmed cases remaining for the third consecutive day, more than 23,000 people received the vaccine. Everyone has to be careful until the number of inoculations increases and the number of confirmed cases is confirmed. In Dongducheon, Gyeonggi-do, more than 80 foreigners were confirmed. I will connect the Dongducheon City Health Center.
Reporter Han Seong-hee, Dongducheon City, in the process of examining all foreigners registered in the area, did this result?
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Yes, Dongducheon City is conducting a total inspection on 3,900 foreigners in the region, and 88 people, including 84 foreigners and 4 Koreans, were confirmed.
Until a while ago, foreigners were tested in a row at the public health center and temporary screening center here, so there is a high possibility that additional confirmed cases will be added in the future.
It is said that most of the confirmed cases are asymptomatic.
The quarantine authorities have not yet been able to determine the obvious route of infection.
Dongducheon City said that there are many difficulties such as communication problems because foreign workers from various countries are mixed.
Recently, group infections occurred in nearby Namyangju and Pocheon, and it is estimated that foreigners commuting to and from the area became a channel of infection.
The quarantine authorities are also intensively investigating whether the confirmed people used the subway connecting Seoul and the metropolitan area.
Dongducheon City postponed the opening of kindergartens and elementary, middle and high schools in the building to the day after tomorrow (4th).
During the month of March, Gyeonggi-do decided to conduct a special inspection for 10,000 manufacturers with foreign dormitories.
(Video coverage: Yang Hyun-cheol, Video editing: Kim Jun-hee)