국내 코로나 84명 신규확진... 부산 요양병원 직원•환자 감염자 속출<br /><br />Our starting point tonight: the Covid-19 situation in South Korea.<br />The daily virus tally back down below 1-hundred today at 83 but health authorities remain on their toes as a new cluster infection has been discovered at a nursing hospital in the nation's second largest city.<br />Choi Wonjong leads our coverage tonight.<br />South Korea on Wednesday reported new cluster infections stemming from a nursing home in the southeastern port city of Busan.<br />During a media briefing, the city's health officials confirmed that 42 residents and 11 workers have tested positive so far...with one fatality.<br />These numbers are not included in Wednesday's reported cases.<br />As the largest cluster infection reported in the city, the nursing home was immediately put under cohort isolation.<br />However, because its nursing assistants work closely with many elderly patients, health authorities believe that there could be additional infections.<br />"We will conduct a special inspection on all nursing homes in the Busan area. We will complete inspections on quarantine measures, the wearing of masks, and entry logs at these facilities by tomorrow."<br />Recently, there have been multiple infections reported in the area at restaurants, public bath houses and swimming pools.<br />As a result, the Busan city government is imposing restrictions on indoor gatherings for two more weeks.<br />And in the Seoul Capital Area, health authorities will conduct COVID-19 tests on more than one-hundred-60-thousand people...mostly from hospitals for the elderly and nursing homes...to prevent further cluster infections.<br />As of Wednesday, the nation saw 84 new cases, a slight fall after reaching triple digits on Tuesday.<br />Of the new cases, 53 were local transmissions, and 31 from overseas.<br />This brings the combined total to 24-thousand eight-hundred-89.<br />Choi Won-jong, Arirang News.<br />
