[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] On the 17th, three people in the Gwangju area tested positive for COVID-19.
Gwangju Metropolitan City announced that the new confirmed cases were classified as numbers 5254 to 5256 on that day.
Two of the cases tested positive after entering the country from overseas, and one of them is currently in quarantine.
Case number 5254, who tested positive through symptomatic testing, currently has an unidentified infection route.
As of that day, the full vaccination rate was 63.9%, and the first-dose vaccination rate was 77.4%.
Starting from the 18th, vaccinations for children and adolescents (ages 16-17) and pregnant women will begin, accelerating the phased return to normal life.
Among the 30,218 eligible children and adolescents for vaccination, 19,472 made advance reservations, recording a reservation rate of 64.4%.
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