Non-metropolitan area, double digits in 6 places… 9 places is single digit
Geoje, cumulative 17 infections from acquaintances
7 people infected at church in Haeundae-gu, Busan
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Let’s find out the local situation.
Excluding the metropolitan area, there were new double-digit confirmed cases in five metropolitan cities and provinces including Busan and Daegu.
The spread of churches and prayer centers as rings continues.
Connect with reporters. Reporter Park Jong-hyuk!
Reporter Park. Please tell us the local situation.
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According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 0 o’clock, in areas other than the metropolitan area, as previously mentioned, double-digit confirmed patients were found in five locations, including Busan and Gyeongnam and Daegu.
Excluding these 5 locations, fewer than 10 new confirmed patients are recorded in 9 cities and provinces.
First of all, it was found that 16 people were infected in Gyeongnam through a meeting of acquaintances in Geoje.
After the confirmation of patient No. 1774 in Gyeongnam, 16 people were confirmed through additional tests including contacts.
Geoje City is checking if it has violated the order to prohibit groups of more than 5 people.
In Busan and Chungnam, group infections through churches and prayer centers are not decreasing.
In a church in Haeundae-gu, Busan, after one was confirmed yesterday, six more were confirmed yesterday, and one more today.
The problem was that face-to-face worship was held during the ban on face-to-face worship, and it was reported that five or more members gathered to eat.
The Busan Metropolitan Government’s quarantine authorities are conducting epidemiological investigations, such as checking the movement of indicator patients and believers in Haeundae-gu Church.
In addition, in Seocheon, Chungcheongnam-do, a group infection that occurred in a church is believed to have spread to the prayer center of Boryeong.
Since the 17th, there have been 5 confirmed patients in a church in Seocheon.
The pastor of this church visited the prayer center in Boryeong on the 16th.
Since then, 7 more people, including visitors to the prayer center in Boryeong and their families, have been tested positive.
As a result, there are 14 cumulative confirmed patients in Chungnam area related to Seocheon Church and Boryeong Prayer Center.
The quarantine authorities estimate that the pastor of a church in Seocheon on the 13th was infected through a congregation while attending a service.
On the 16th, the city of Boryeong sent a disaster text message to people who visited the prayer center to undergo examination and began to identify the contact person.
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People who left the quarantine site without permission during self-isolation were handed over to trial?
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This is Gangneung,
In Gangneung, seven people were prosecuted without permission on charges of leaving the quarantine site without permission even after being notified of quarantine after contacting a confirmed patient with Corona 19.
It has been confirmed that they left the quarantine area and walked around the neighborhood or visited a hot spring, convenience store, friend’s house or office.
Prosecutors have prosecuted seven of them for violating quarantine measures.
In Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, public officials were also appointed
Jinju City, Gyeongsangnam-do, lifted the positions of three public officials who violated the quarantine rules for banning groups of five or more, and two received a letter of confirmation to prevent recurrence.
Three are level 6 officials belonging to Jinju City, and two are at the level of team leader, and 2 are level 9 general employees.
Five people ate together at a restaurant in Sancheong-gun for lunch on the 19th, and they were caught by the Gyeongsangnam-do Audit Committee.
In this regard, Jinju Mayor Jo Gyu-il even apologized at a briefing saying that some employees felt sorry for causing social controversy.
So far, the national department has delivered it.
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