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[사진 출처 = 연합뉴스]Park Neung-hoo, first deputy chief of the Central Headquarters for Security and Disaster Countermeasures (Corona 19), said on the 20th that “it is not such a chaotic situation that flows without any measures.”
Recently, the number of new confirmed cases per day registered more than 1,000 for 5 consecutive days, and the problem of the shortage of beds was raised, which seems to be a rebuttal to some criticism that the medical system would collapse.
In addition, regarding some of the claims that social distancing should be raised to three stages, Deputy Director General Park noted that “there is not much convincing for such a mechanical argument that we must go to stage 3 because we are currently in stage 2.5 ”.
Assistant Director General Park emphasized in a regular briefing that day: “There is no need to fear as the quarantine system is getting stronger and medical response capabilities are gradually improving.”
He said: “If you find the infected person hidden as soon as possible through a more preventive diagnostic test and take the appropriate quarantine measures to prevent infection from the source and provide adequate treatment for the confirmed person, this difficult period will be will stabilize asap. I hope that. ”
ㅌ In particular, regarding the point that the social distancing stage should be raised to 3 stages, Assistant General Manager Park 1 said: “Phase 3 assumes a state where our economy is substantially paralyzed or stopped. He pointed out that surprisingly there are many people who insist on the third stage, thinking that it is a level that prohibits me from eating and only allows food to go ”.
However, Deputy Director General Park’s comments on the third stage of distancing are far from the concerns of national infectious disease experts. Many experts argue that to reduce the number of confirmed cases, a three-step update is inevitable.
Professor Won-seok Choi from Korea University said: “From the point of view of infectious medicine, there must be measures to reduce the number of patients.” “I do not.”
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