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Differences in knowledge of the situation and knowledge of the situation with infectious disease experts
Health and Welfare Minister Park Neung-hoo announced the results of the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters meeting in response to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at the government building in Seoul in the afternoon from 20. Yunhap news
Regarding the government’s quarantine response to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea on the 20th, Park Neung-hoo, the first deputy head of the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters (Corona 19), said: “It is not such a chaotic situation that flows without any measure.”
Deputy General Manager Park said in a regular briefing that day: “There is no need to fear because the quarantine system is getting stronger and the medical response capacity is getting better and better.”
This appears to be a level of rebuttal to some concerns and criticisms that the medical system will collapse as more than 1,000 new confirmed cases appear each day and the hospital bed shortage materializes despite the successive step of “social distancing.”
It is also interpreted as a statement to mean that the government is responding consistently to the extent that it can be managed.
Deputy Director General Park said: “If you find the infected person in hiding as soon as possible through a more preventive diagnostic test and take appropriate quarantine measures to prevent infection from the source and provide appropriate treatment for the confirmed person, this difficult period will be as soon as possible. I hope it stabilizes. “
Regarding the 3rd stage of ‘social distancing’, Assistant Director General Park also said: “Because the number of confirmed cases has increased so much now, a more reinforced stage of distancing is needed. Assertive arguments are not very convincing. “
He also said: “The third stage is to assume a state in which our economy is substantially paralyzed or stopped,” he said. “Without knowing this, we simply prohibit eating in restaurants and allow only take-out food. Surprisingly, there are many people who claim to be.”
Secretary Park’s comments differ from the perception of the situation with infectious disease experts. Many experts have pointed out that “to reduce the number of confirmed cases, an update in three stages is inevitable, so that a crisis such as securing beds can be overcome, and if time is lost, it will be difficult to calm the current situation “.
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