코로나19 205명 신규확진, 벤투호도 코로나19 양성으로 비상<br /><br />We start with growing concerns about the COVID-19 situation here in South Korea.<br />The country reported over two-hundred cases on Saturday, after keeping daily figures below 200 for more than two months.<br />For the details, we connect to our Kim Sung-min.<br />Sung-min, tell us more.<br />Dami, South Korea has added 205 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, with most of them<br />coming from cluster infections throughout the country.<br />There were 1-hundred-66 local transmissions, and 39 from overseas.<br />Seoul and Gyeonggi-do province reported a combined 1-hundred-9 cases.<br />Following the resurgence, the nation's health authorities are considering raising the social distancing level.<br />Once the weekly average of infections in the capital area reaches over 100, the level is raised to 1-point-5.<br />Some other regions like Cheonan and Asan Chungcheongnam-do Province, have autonomously raised social distancing measures to level 1-point-5 as a preemptive measure.<br />It is alarming that we are seeing sporadic cluster infections throughout the nation, even from the country's national football team, which is currently staying in Austria.<br />Yes Dami, four players and one staff member of South Korea's men's national football team have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus.<br />The team has been staying in Vienna this week for friendly matches against Mexico on Saturday and Qatar on Tuesday.<br />According to the Korea Football Association, all five are asymptomatic, and the rest of the team and staff members are currently under quarantine in their hotel rooms.<br />Those who have tested negative for the virus will be tested again on Saturday, and this will decide whether they will hold the matches as scheduled.<br />Within the country, sporadic infections are occurring in various hotspots like health care facilities, work, school, and social gatherings.<br />As of Friday night, there were at least 57 infections linked to a care center in Seoul's Dongdaemun-gu, and 8 people tested positive after visiting a sauna in the Gangseo-gu district.<br />Health authorities advise that people should comply with preventive measures in their daily lives.<br />That's all I have for now Dami, Back to you.<br />
