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While the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea reached a record 1030 on the 13th, an analysis was raised that this ‘third pandemic’ is different from the first and second epidemics. Experts said the peak of the third pandemic has not yet arrived and, if it continues, the number of patients and deaths will increase rapidly early next year.
First direct presidency of the Major Plenary since February
Expert “The peak of the 3rd pandemic has not yet arrived
If you don’t use strong deterrents, it will explode in critically ill patients. “
Opposition party “I missed the vaccine while promoting the quarantine of K”
President Moon Jae-in urgently chaired a meeting of the Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters at the Seoul Government Complex on the same day, saying: “If we cannot break the current spread, we must review the third step of social distancing. “.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1030 new cases of Corona 19 were confirmed at 0 o’clock on the 13th. Only 328 days after the first patient was Discharged on January 20, the number of new confirmed patients per day surpassed the 1,000 mark. The total cumulative number of confirmed cases to date was 42,766.
Lee Jae-gap, professor of infectious medicine at Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, said: “It is incomparable with the first pandemic centered in Daegu. At that time, the route of infection was relatively clear. It is very scary for 1000 people because now there are patients who are infiltrating the community as a whole. “Professor Lee said:” Currently, you cannot predict the peak. If you do not use a strong suppression policy now, the number of seriously ill patients will skyrocket to 700 even after two weeks. He warned that there are people who die because they cannot use a respirator.
As the third pandemic progresses, the most worrying thing is that, unlike the first period, group infections are emerging throughout the country and it is difficult to identify the source of infection.
One analysis also found that distance measurements are difficult to achieve a large effect due to the seasonal nature of winter. Jeon Byung-yul (former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), president of the Graduate School of Health Industry at Chaeui University of Sciences, said: “I think if the distance is strengthened , the contact will decrease and the number of patients will decrease, but it is an illusion. “If you don’t wear a mask in any part of your daily life, eat or have a conversation, and exposure to the droplets occurs, you can become infected in an instant.”
Kim Woo-joo, professor of infectious medicine at Korea Daeguro Hospital, said: “The biggest problem is that you eliminate the distance step when you shouldn’t and don’t carry it when you need it. He pointed out that from October to November, there are about 100 patients coming out constantly, but as it went down to the first stage, I think it became the spark for a pandemic. ”
President Moon said at a major script meeting 10 months after last February, “Raising social distancing to three levels is the last resort.” “In the script, we have to prepare thoroughly in advance for that case, and it will be considered inevitable. If so, make a bold decision. “President Moon said,” It is a moment of desperate despair when we must focus all of our quarantine capabilities and administrative power to stop the spread of Corona 19. “If we use our quarantine capabilities to the fullest in diagnostic tests, epidemiological investigations, isolation and treatment of confirmed patients, we will be able to sufficiently overcome the current crisis ”.
However, critical voices emerged from the opposition party. In particular, he pointed to the problem of “vaccine procurement”. Ho-young Joo, the head of people’s power, said, “When advanced countries are waging a war to secure vaccines, we spend a whopping 120 billion won on public relations spending and engage in self-promotion of quarantine K. ” .
Reporters Esther, Lee Tae-yoon, and Yoon Seong-min [email protected]
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