당국 "최근 2주간 지역확진자 88% 수도권…6월 들어서는 97%... 기아차 광명공장 확진자<br /><br />South Korea continues to battle clusters of COVID-19 in and around Seoul.<br />That's where most of the cases are right now, but the government says it is not yet worried about the ability of the country's medical system to cope with them.<br />Our Kim Do-yeon has the latest.<br />Clusters continue to appear sporadically around the Seoul metropolitan area, which includes Gyeonggi-do Province and the city of Incheon.<br />The country reported 45 new cases on Thursday, of which 40 were in that area... and rest imported from other countries.<br />For the past two weeks, 9 out of 10 cases were in this area... and in June alone, that goes up to 97 percent.<br />The government also said it's concerned about the rise in cases seen among senior citizens.<br />"Untraceable cases continue to be reported. And in the cluster from door-to-door sales, it's worrisome that people over 60 make up 70% of the cases."<br />It also seems that some senior citizens are letting their guard down.<br />"Seniors being more vulnerable, it's an unfortunate fact that at the places where they meet and socialize, distancing is weak even though they're holding more gatherings."<br />There could also be new clusters emerging at two Kia Motors plants in the city of Gwangmyeong... just southwest of Seoul.<br />Two employees and a family member were confirmed infected,... leading to the closure of the plants on Thursday.<br />Those plants employ some six thousand people.<br />The two employee infections do not seem to be related.<br />The government has also reassured people that the country's medical facilities are still in good shape.<br />There's a total of 1,017 patients being treated at the moment, but the country has the capacity to accommodate 977 more if necessary.<br />Kim Do-yeon, Arirang News.<br />
