대전 확진자 일주일새 36명...방문판매 관련 'n차 감염' 주목<br /><br />More cases of COVID-19 were reported in the central city of Daejeon on Sunday.<br />The city has seen 36 cases in just a week.<br />The rise is largely due to an outbreak linked to door-to-door sales.<br />Lee Seung-jae reports.<br />On Sunday,... three more cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in the central city of Daejeon,... some 160 kilometers south of Seoul.<br />In a span of just a week,... 36 people have been infected in the city.<br />The latest cases include patients in their 70s and 80s and are linked to a door-to-door sales business that sparked the outbreak in the city.<br />Dubbed the 'Nth transmission',... the initial infection has led to secondary, tertiary, and chain transmissions.<br />And the number of 'Nth transmission' related to the door-to-door sales business is rising.<br />Health authorities, however, are all the more concerned,... as these businesses target senior citizens,... leading to an uptick in the number of elderly patients.<br />"We will carry out inspections and crackdowns on unreported and unregistered companies in cooperation with the city, districts and police."<br />The problem doesn't end in Daejeon.<br />According to quarantine authorities,... the outbreak in Daejeon has also spread to other cities like Jeonju and Gwangju.<br />In response,.. the government has designated additional high-risk facilities to include door-to-door sales companies,... and distribution centers.<br />"We will add door-to-door sales businesses, logistics centers, large cram schools and buffet restaurants to the list of high-risk facilities, and strict quarantine measures will be in place as of 6PM on June 23rd."<br />With door-to-door sales businesses being the source of COVID-19 outbreaks in Seoul and Daejeon,... quarantine officials are concerned such sales practices could further spread the virus to other cities.<br />Lee Seung-jae, Arirang News.<br />
