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Check-in 2021.01.02 06:28
Consequently, it is known that there is a high possibility that the current distancing measures (2.5 steps for metropolitan areas, 2 steps for non-metropolitan areas) and the special quarantine measures for the end of the year and the new year will be extended.
The government held a meeting of the Headquarters for Disasters and Security Countermeasures on the morning of the 2nd to confirm the distancing adjustment plan and announce it through a briefing at 11 am.
However, there is a possibility that the number of new confirmed cases that will be announced from 0 o’clock on the day will be reduced somewhat. In fact, 738 new confirmed cases were counted midway between quarantine authorities and local governments such as Seoul from 0:00 to 9:00 pm the previous day. Even if the number of new confirmed cases falls below 1,000 on this day, this is due to the effect of a decrease in the number of inspections during the New Year holidays, and the expansion trend cannot be considered to have stopped. .
In the last week, the number of new confirmed cases in the area was 976.4 per day. This spread is greatly affected by “daily infections” and group infections in prisons, nursing hospitals and churches across the country.
In the case of the Seoul East Detention Center, the cumulative number of confirmed cases rose to 945, reaching 1,000. Among them, 903 (95.6%) were prisoners, which represents the majority. In this detention center, it is noted that the government’s response was poor as infected people continued to appear for more than a month after the first confirmed case was released on November 27 last year.
In addition, ▲ Food companies in Paju City, Gyeonggi-do (11 people accumulated) ▲ Real estate companies in Gimpo City (12 people) ▲ Church in Namdong-gu, Incheon (18 people) ▲ Auto parts company in Cheonan, Chungnam (12 people) ▲ Sports club in Gwangju (22 people) ▲ Medical institutions in Daeguo (-gu) 21) ▲ There are also confirmed cases in relation to the nursing hospital in Buk-gu, Busan (15).
The government is taking several steps to reverse the current situation in which group infections continue to occur. First of all, as the current distancing measures and the special quarantine measures for the end of the year and the end of the new year on the 3rd, it is necessary to decide on the new measures that will be applied from the 4th.
In the case of further strengthening of the distancing step, the only alternative to the ‘three-step improvement’ in the metropolitan area, but this is a measure that causes the suspension or restriction of the business of 2,093,000 facilities and is unlikely to be accepted. The weight is on the side that continues the current distance level.
In this regard, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, published a guideline on the official Instagram on the 31st of last month, two days ago, on the official Instagram of the “ extension of distance to the metropolitan area ” (special quarantine during the New Years Eve and New Years holidays + 2.5 steps away), and then hastily deleted it, and the extension policy was already determined. He left. The notice also set the three-week deadline from January 4 to 24.
The measures in phase 2.5 of the metropolitan area and the second phase of the non-metropolitan area were implemented starting on the 8th of last month and were scheduled to end on the 28th of the same month, but were extended once until the 3rd of this month as the spread did not stop.
The government is known to be reviewing plans to extend the special quarantine measures to the end of the year and New Years, which have been in place since the 24th of last month, as the current distancing measures alone do not have a significant effect on suppress the spread.
However, for some measures, it should be noted that additional measures may emerge from so-called “clamp prevention” that will relieve or strengthen the water level.
Young-rae Son, head of the Accident Control Headquarters Strategic Planning Division, said in a previous briefing: “The effect is analyzed to be a bit slow but it is showing up through remote positioning.” “As the distance strengthens, the increase slows week after week.” We are facing a phase of stagnation at the 1000-person line, “he assessed.
Sohn said: “To maximize the effect of normal distancing, you have to look back 10 to 2 weeks, but it has been a little over a week since the special quarantine measures were implemented for the end of the year and New Year.” “We hope to change the trend towards expansion further down, in other words, towards a decrease in patient growth.”
