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The regular briefing will begin on Monday, May 4. At 0 o’clock today, 8 confirmed patients and 1,332 patients are being treated. 252 people died unfortunately, two died yesterday. Good luck to the deceased. The eight new patients confirmed yesterday are cases of influx from abroad, four cases confirmed in the quarantine stage and four cases confirmed by the community.
Today, at the important meeting held by Prime Minister Jung Se-gyun, we discussed the improvement of the medical use system to prepare for the extension of Corona 19, the preparations for the opening of the school and how to strengthen the management of foreign workers who temporarily leave Korea. Prime Minister Jung Se-gyun said that since Corona 19 is not over, we will continue to control the influx of foreign countries and stop the spread of the community by early detection of confirmers. It is up to people to decide whether or not to keep their distance in their lives. He emphasized that it is customary to wear a mask at high speed, wash your hands, and observe the cough label.
He also said he would give top priority to school quarantine and strengthen monitoring to adjust the intensity of distance maintenance and take necessary action whenever a danger signal occurs. In the past few days, 10 or more confirmed new cases were found, and most of them are quarantined as foreign immigrants. Furthermore, the number of quarantined patients continues to decline, so the situation appears to be managed reliably.
However, the number of patients worldwide is close to 3.4 million and the number of deaths has exceeded 240,000.
The WHO still believes that this is an international public health emergency. In Korea, sporadic outbreaks continue to occur in the past 2 weeks, including 7 patients and 10 yesterday, when the path of infection is unknown. In particular, there are concerns that 7 patients appear in Daegu.
In the case of Daegu, it means that there may be a patient population that the quarantine authorities have not yet captured. In addition, during the holiday season from late April to early May, concerns about crown spread19 persist due to increased contact and mobility between people. Experts at home and abroad emphasize that the spread and reduction of small-scale infections must be repeated until vaccines and treatments are developed.
Despite these risks, if the current trend continues, our health care system can respond to Corona 19 to the extent that it can, and given the accumulated economic and social harm, it is difficult to continue the social distance. Consequently, yesterday, the government decided to end the social positioning on the street on May 6 and turn it into a quarantine system and a phase in life on the street. The transformation of distance in life is not to return to everyday life before Corona19, but to create new social and cultural norms that practice distance in everyday life.
In other words, it means that social and economic activities are guaranteed as much as possible, but in the end, each individual and our society becomes a quarantine agent responsible for self-prevention. For quarantine authorities to practice quarantine rules developed with experts in their daily lives, it is essential for the active interest of the public and their participation and creative application in reality. Even in past general elections and collective events like Easter, our people have already practiced life prevention and prevented new infections.
In the future, in the distance maintenance system in everyday life, if all these efforts are based on these experiences, the Republic of Korea can open a new future for daily life and economic activities by avoiding Corona19. Meanwhile, the Company conducted an online survey that solicited people’s views from April 12 at 2 weeks regarding the rules for keeping distance in their lives. A total of 8,747 people presented various opinions. Thank you See the press release for more details.
We have prepared detailed answers to frequently asked questions between people. Furthermore, we will use the various proposals as valuable data to prepare an institutional improvement plan in the future. Today’s main conference discussed ways to improve the medical-use system that protects medical institutions and healthcare workers from protracted crown19 from infection and prevents any gaps in patient care.
The goal is to provide a system to safely treat patients with general respiratory fever and to provide conditions so that patients with diseases other than respiratory fever are treated safely without fear of infection. First, the medical community and government agreed that a new system for medical use should be prepared to prepare for the possibility of the second Corona 19 epidemic and the increase in respiratory patients in the fall and winter.
By designating and operating a dedicated respiratory clinic, we decided to establish a systematic treatment system for patients with early respiratory fever. The dedicated respiratory clinic was prepared by actively reflecting the proposal of the Korean Medical Association, and plans to promote it as a mutually beneficial model for public-private cooperation. The local government plans to operate two types: open clinics where space is provided and involving local physicians, or medical clinics that designate medical institutions.
First, we will implement and complement open clinics, and we will apply in cooperation with the Korean Medical Association and local physician meetings to designate and sequentially operate clinics of medical institutions. In addition, the government will take steps to actively support measures, such as administrative tasks, other than medical care, and appropriate compensation, taking into account the risks associated with the care of respiratory patients.
More detailed plans and guidelines related to the designated operation will be prepared in early May in consultation with the medical community. In preparation for the extension of Corona 19, we will also improve the operation of the current telephone advice recipe. As a result of gathering opinions from neighborhood members, it was analyzed that prescribing telephone counseling is more difficult than existing face-to-face treatment and requires additional staff and additional equipment. Consequently, in the future, if a local clinic is prescribing a phone consultation, they will plan to apply a telephone consultation management fee in addition to the consultation fee. In addition, considering the impartiality of the patient’s burden compared to the existing face-to-face treatment, the telephone service management fee will be paid in full by the health insurance, and will be implemented from the first week of May.
This morning, the Korean Medical Association and the Korean Hospital Association held a medical consultation committee. We discussed ways to improve the system of medical use due to the extension of Corona 19 and support to medical institutions that are experiencing operational difficulties due to the reduction of patients. As the management difficulties of medical institutions that are at the forefront of corona19 and patient care continue, we plan to expand the prepaid health insurance system currently in place to alleviate financial difficulties and focus on care. to the patient.
We plan to actively support struggling medical institutions by paying two months in bulk, including those intended to be prepaid for one month in May through June. The government is deeply grateful for the spirit of service and dedication that hospitals and medical personnel across the country provide to save precious lives in the context of the Corona 19 community infection crisis. Once again, we pledge to reward and prosper in accordance with the dedication it has shown so far.
Corona 19 is not over yet, and the distance is still on the way. Changing to the distance in life does not mean mitigating quarantine measures or the final distance. Keep in mind that if things get worse, you can always strengthen social distance again, and we ask that you keep trying to keep your distance in your life.
If we continue to struggle in our daily lives working together, we can respond to Corona 19 at a level that our medical system can afford without overloading the current trend. All citizens, carefully observe personal hygiene practices, such as hand washing and cough etiquette until the end of the holidays, and actively cooperate with guidance and guidance on prevention of municipalities and facilities. Also, if you have a fever or respiratory symptoms or have a bad body after traveling, don’t go out, but be sure to rest at home and watch the progress.
Especially tomorrow is children’s day. As usual, it is difficult to celebrate Children’s Day with a large number of outdoor restaurants. The disappointment of the children will be great, but it is necessary to create a fun and happy moment by developing family ties through board games or video calls. This will be a new way of practicing distance in life. Also, if you visit a place like an amusement park or an event hall, observe the rules such as being on the street, wearing a mask and avoiding an enclosed space.
We hope that the children join forces to beat Corona19 and have a safe Children’s Day. Thank you
