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Given that a case of mutant virus was confirmed on day 30, which is a pandemic in the UK, attention is drawn to the impact on the quarantine response.
Quarantine authorities have cited the emergence of the mutant virus as a “ negative factor ” in handling the Corona 19 situation, and said the response to this must be strengthened.
On the 28th, the influx of the mutant virus from the United Kingdom was known for the first time in Korea.
At the time, Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon) confirmed that three family members who entered the country from the UK on the 22nd of this month were infected with the mutant virus.
In the case of the family, they were identified in airport quarantine and immediately quarantined, so there is little possibility of spreading the mutant virus to the community, authorities analyzed.
As such, an additional influx of the mutant virus was identified on this day, with the possibility of spreading the mutant virus in the domestic community. The variables are the trajectory of the movement and the range of personal contact that confirmed the additional influx.
Of the two recently confirmed mutant virus infections, the nth possibility of transmission is expected to be extremely low, as the UK’s arrival in his early twenties tested positive at the airport quarantine and was quarantined at a treatment center. of life.
However, in the case of men in their 80s, the possibility of transmitting the infection to the community through the family cannot be excluded.
The man entered the UK on the 13th and lived with his family in Goyang City, Ilsan, Gyeonggi until his death on the 26th.
After the man was confirmed posthumously on the 26th, all three members of his family also tested positive. Two of the family members entered the country on the 13th and were under quarantine, but the other entered Korea on the 8th last month, thus lifting the quarantine.
A family member who was released from quarantine was confirmed to have participated in outside activities before being confirmed. On the 23rd, 4 days before the diagnosis, she visited a hospital and beauty salon in Ilsandong-gu, and on the 24th, it was reported that she had been shopping at a mall near her home for about 30 minutes.
Quarantine authorities are currently investigating whether the family of a man in his 80s who is confirmed after death has been infected with the mutant virus. When infection is confirmed, it is necessary to understand the possibility of transmission to the community.
In particular, the spread of the mutant virus from the UK is 1.7 times stronger, which is deeply concerned by the quarantine authorities. If this virus establishes itself as a dominant species in Korea, it is unlikely that it will produce adequate quarantine effects at the level of “social distancing”.
Kwon Joon-wook, head of the second vice president of the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters, said in a previous briefing: “The increase in the propagation power means that more patients can occur when the same distance or the same risk of transmission.” .
Experts also agreed that the influx of mutant viruses could increase even more in the future, and that the situation should be managed so that the mutant does not become a dominant species.
Choi Won-seok, professor of infectious medicine at Korea University Ansan Hospital, expressed concern about the mutant virus, saying: “It is more likely to be discovered (in Korea).”
Professor Choi said: “I have to analyze the situation, but if the infectious power is 70% higher and the reproduction rate of the infection increases by 0.4, even if the same quarantine measures are taken, there is a high possibility that the number of patients increases in a short period of time “. Facilities and high-risk groups cannot stop the spread and the number of deaths will increase, ”he explained.
Kim Woo-joo, professor of infectious medicine at Korea University Guro Hospital, said via a YouTube broadcast: “Because the South African mutant virus is also estimated to be as fast as the British mutant virus, it is important to closely monitor the virus mutation in the future and block internal flux. ”
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