Nearly 500 new cases of Corona 19 came out again. Group infections have already occurred in over 130 people at the Jinju sauna in Gyeongnam. The current distance has already been extended by two more weeks.
Reporter Kim A-young reports.
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There were 40 more confirmed cases related to a sauna in Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, yesterday (12th) today.
On the 9th, four days after the first confirmed case, the number of patients increased to 132.
[신종우/경상남도 보건복지국장 : 최초 확진자를 포함해 양성이 132명. 음성이 1천87명이고 381명은 검사를 진행 중입니다.]
This sauna in a residential area seems to have spread rapidly among many regular customers who paid several months’ fees in advance.
Jinju City has issued a total ban on gathering at 98 bathing facilities in the area for two weeks starting today.
In a nursing home in Yongin, Gyeonggi-do, 9 users and 2 employees were confirmed.
It is known that users are 65 years of age or older and have not yet received the vaccine, and the quarantine authorities are checking whether or not they have been vaccinated.
[박영준/예방접종대응추진단 이상반응조사지원팀장 : (집단면역을 위해서는) 접종률이 충분히 확보되어야 한다는 부분이 기본입니다. 보통 저희들이 접종 2주 이후에 방어 효과를 어느 정도 기대할 수 있다고….]
There is a situation where tensions cannot be slowed down, with the number of new confirmed cases approaching 500 for two days in a row, and group infection continues through daily living spaces such as saunas, academies, and sports facilities.
(Video coverage: Min-cheol Kim KNN, Myung-Hwan Ahn, video editing: Ji-in Park)
▶ Vaccination for the general public over 65 will start next month