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Heavy Soobon “Depending on the situation, it will go beyond 3 steps to 3 steps + α”
Jang Hye-jin, Busan.com reporter [email protected]
Check-in: 2020-12-14 10:20:32Review: 2020-12-14 11:26:29Published: 2020-12-14 11:26:38
Tae-ho Yoon, Head of Accident Control Headquarters Yunhap news
Yoon Tae-ho, head of Accident Recovery Headquarters (Heavy Soo-bon), predicted: “If the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) does not decrease, depending on the situation, social distancing may go up. to step 3 + α (plus alpha) “.
Captain Yoon appeared on CBS radio’s ‘Kim Hyun-jung’s News Show’ broadcast on the morning of the 14th and said, “(The increase in social distancing) seems to be a choice that depends on the current number of patients.” “We are still considering whether it will become the negative alpha of the third stage,” he said.
The day before, the number of confirmed corona19 cases reached 1,030, the highest in Korea.
“Once the number of patients is large and the number of infections does not decrease rapidly, the number of infected people will increase,” Yoon said. “The primary goal of social distancing is to minimize the spread of infection by reducing the number of human contacts and reducing the reproductive rate of infection,” he said. However, he added, “we have no choice but to do our best now so that the number of confirmed patients (up to 2000) does not increase.”
Regarding the discussion about the 3rd step of distancing, Yoon said that “social distancing is a part that affects not only the prospect of quarantine, but also the life in general of people, so it is necessary to prepare a period of weather”. It is a part, and because it is a national measure, it is a part that determines the third step in the consideration of consultations with local governments. “Then he predicted that” (the third stage) will be decided through a script meeting, but it can be selected as the number of patients increases. “
On the other hand, the number of new corona19 confirmed daily in Korea on this day was around 700.
The number of new confirmed cases dropped to triple digits a day after the number of new confirmed cases exceeded 1000, but it appears that the number of tests decreased compared to weekdays.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of 0 o’clock on the day, the number of new confirmed corona 19 cases increased by 718, accumulating 43,484.
Regarding the route of infection of the new patients confirmed on this day, the number of local outbreaks was 682, 320 less than the previous day (1002).
By region, there were 473 in the metropolitan area, including 220 in Gyeonggi, 217 in Seoul, and 36 in Incheon. Outside of the metropolitan area, Chungnam was the largest with 51, followed by Gyeongnam 26, Gwangju 22, Chungbuk 21, Busan 19, Daegu 16, Gyeongbuk 15, Gangwon 14, Jeonbuk and Jeju 8 each, and Ulsan 4, Sejong 3 and Daejeon and Jeonnam 1 each.
Jang Hye-jin, Busan.com reporter [email protected]
