[사회]970 new people confirmed … investigating ‘mutation’ in family families confirmation leaving the UK

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With 970 new cases registered, Prime Minister Chung Sye-gyun emphasized maintaining the current stage, saying that the special measures being implemented include stronger quarantine measures than the third step, and that implementation is important.

After the death of a man in his 80s who returned from England, it was confirmed, and two family members also tested positive, and quarantine authorities are investigating the association with the mutant virus.

We will connect reporters to learn more about the news. Reporter Seung-yoon Lee!

The number of new patients has dropped by three orders of magnitude.

Can you tell us the trend of confirmed corona 19 cases?

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At 0 o’clock today, there are 970 new cases.

It’s a decrease of 1,241 people yesterday and 1,132 yesterday, which was the highest in history even among the special quarantine measures over the end of the year and the New Year holidays.

When looking at the infection route, the national outbreaks were 946 and the foreign entries were 24.

When looking at the current state of domestic outbreaks by region, the spread of the metropolitan area rarely shows signs of abating.

Seoul has 359, Gyeonggi 237 and Incheon 60 with 656 new patients.

In the non-metropolitan area, new patients arrived from 17 provinces across the country, including 55 in Chungnam, 44 in Gyeongnam, 40 in Busan, 32 in Gyeongbuk and 24 in Chungbuk.

Of the 24 confirmed foreign entries, 10 were confirmed during the quarantine stage.

The number of patients with severe gastric disorders decreased from 6 to 293.

The additional death toll is 15 and the cumulative death toll is 808.

Of the additional deaths, 67% were over 80 years old, 20% were 70 years old, and 13% were 60 years old.

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Quarantine authorities are investigating whether quarantine authorities died after a man in his 80s returned home from the UK, where the ‘mutant’ virus, which became more infectious, died.

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If it is.

Yesterday, a man in his 80s died at the Ilsan Hospital in Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do.

This patient was quarantined after entering the country on the 13th, but yesterday he suffered cardiac arrest and was transferred to the hospital emergency room, but died in 40 minutes and was diagnosed with ‘post-mortem corona 19’.

In particular, two families who entered the UK together also tested positive.

Quarantine authorities are investigating whether a ‘mutant’ virus has been confirmed after entering the country from the UK where a ‘mutant’ virus with strong transmitting power was found, and results are expected to come out in the first week of next month.

From 23 to 31, the government temporarily suspended flights leaving from the UK to block the influx of the mutant virus found in the UK and banned entry from the UK.

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The government has been holding a script meeting for a while and debating whether to adjust the stage away.

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If it is.

Prime Minister Chung Sye-gyun said at today’s main script meeting that he will discuss setting the distance stage.

He also emphasized that the special measures already being implemented include stronger quarantine measures than the 3rd step of distancing.

Consequently, it is interpreted as an observation that weighed heavily on the extension of the current step 2.5 in the metropolitan area and the second step in the non-metropolitan area.

The third phase is actually a strong measure equivalent to the blockade, and enormous social and economic damages are expected, so the government has been cautious.

However, as the number of confirmed cases is increasing rapidly and the rate of unknown infection routes remains at around 30%, the pressure to improve is mounting.

The government again demanded compliance with special measures to strengthen the quarantine during the end of the year and New Year holidays, such as the prohibition of gatherings of 5 or more people throughout the country.

YTN Lee Seung-yoon at the Ministry of Social Affairs[[email protected]]is.

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