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Even when the distance rises twice
Seoul, more than 10 times a month
I can’t keep track of the number of medical staff and beds
Additional update depending on the weekend situation
Confirmed cases in more densely populated Seoul
The number of new confirmed cases in Seoul was only 20 to 40 at the beginning of last month, but it registered almost 300 that day, increasing more than 10 times in a month. The number of new confirmed cases is approaching 300, the highest record for two consecutive days after the previous day (262). According to this, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Seoul has approached about 10,000.
The reason the number of confirmed cases is increasing in Seoul is that the third pandemic is occurring simultaneously and repeatedly in various places in daily life. The metropolitan area, such as Seoul, where the population is large and mobile, is inevitably more vulnerable to everyday infections.
As in the first and second outbreaks, if a large-scale infection occurs in a specific group in a specific area, it is possible to respond preventively by following up contacts, but it is not enough to prevent spread in one situation. in which daily infection prevails. With the completion of the college entrance examination (SAT) and the remaining interviews and essay evaluations, examinees from around the country flocked to the metropolitan area and dispersed, raising fears that the infection could return. spread throughout the metropolitan area.
Citizens are waiting to be tested at the Corona 19 Screening Clinic at Dongjak-gu Health Center in Seoul on the 4th, when the third pandemic of the new coronavirus infection shows an explosive spread. / Reporter Moon Ho-nam munonam @
“Lack of medical personnel” on the rise in patients with severe gastric disorders
As the number of seriously ill patients increased significantly, an emergency was necessary to secure a bed. On this day, there were 116 patients with severe gastric disorders, registering three digits on the third day. As hospital beds in Seoul, where the number of confirmed cases is concentrated, fill to the bottom of the chin, the government is busy preparing responses, such as urgent requests to secure hospital beds for the elderly. However, as the number of medical staff and beds has not been able to keep pace with the recent increase in the number of patients, the difficulties on the ground are increasing.
According to health authorities, there are only 10 beds in Seoul that can be hospitalized for COVID-19 patients as of day 3. Even in non-metropolitan areas, there are no hospital beds for confirmed patients in Chungnam and Gyeongnam.
An official at the Crown 19 critically ill treatment bed of Seoul National University Hospital (DICU) said: “The DICU beds where seriously ill patients gather have been full this week.” There is not much space to receive, ”he said.
“For patients with severe corona who need CRRT (continuous renal replacement therapy) dialysis, ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygen delivery), etc., at least 8 medical staff are required,” said Um Joong-sik. , professor of infectious medicine at Gachon University Gil Hospital. “There is a shortage of medical personnel as the number of cases in which high-risk patients who cannot express themselves or act without a respirator are hospitalized after receiving a confirmed coronavirus.”
Citizens who visited the prepared screening clinic at the Yongsan-gu Health Center in Seoul on the 4th, where 629 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection occurred, and entered the first 600 units in 9 months, are waiting for the test / Reporter Kang Jin-hyung @ aymsdream
The government decides to intensify this weekend
While concerns about the third pandemic have materialized, the government announced the possibility of an additional update last month, saying measures to increase the distance have not yet had much effect. Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun told a meeting of the Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters in the morning: “It has been ten days since social distancing in the metropolitan area has risen to the second stage, but the spread of the infection has not abated yet. “
The government is planning to decide whether to increase the level of quarantine in the metropolitan area and across the country at a major script meeting held on the afternoon of the 6th.
Reporter Seo So-jung [email protected]
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