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Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – South Korean (South Korean) authorities called for public surveillance, when the Covid-19 case emerged in a group that set off a third wave and was based in Seoul. In fact, cases of infection are approaching the highest level in the past nine months.
The Korea Disease Prevention and Control Agency (KDCA) reported 583 cases of coronavirus infection on Saturday (05/12/2020), up from 629 cases reported on Friday. This figure is also among the highest since the first wave peaked in February and early March.
After imposing tougher restrictions on Saturday, the South Korean government will decide on Sunday whether to tighten more restrictions in a country that has seen early success through aggressive contact tracking and other measures.
Reporting from Reuters, KDCA official Lim Sook-young said viral infections causing COVID-19 averaged 487.9 cases this week, 80 cases more than the previous week. This wave of infection was different from the first two, which were driven by large-scale transmission.
“The recent outbreaks are small, multiplying and spreading in people’s daily lives,” Lim told a news conference. Reuters, Saturday (05/12/2020).
“Please remember that the current wave is not limited to a particular group or place, but can be around our homes, relatives and acquaintances,” he added.
Seoul has 235 new infections, more than half of the 52 million South Koreans live in the capital and its surroundings.
Among the scattered Seoul groups, confirmed cases related to the dance class rose from nine to 249 in less than two weeks, while 21 people tested positive in the group related to wine bars.
The government launched an unprecedented curfew on Saturday, closing most establishments and stores at 9 p.m. Seoul time. For two weeks and reduce public transport operations at night by 30%.
The tighter restrictions will be a blow to Asia’s fourth-largest economy, which posted a seasonally adjusted unemployment rate of 4.2% in October, the highest since July.
The number of people who were seriously or seriously ill with COVID-19 increased from five to 121, using more ill people to cheat, KDCA reported.
Health authorities said that as of Friday only 59 patient beds were immediately available for severe or severe cases and that those beds can be exhausted in less than two weeks. KDCA said that South Korea had reported 36,915 coronavirus infections and 540 deaths.
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