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The number of new patients with new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) per day does not drop below 100 for a month.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Bangdaebon), the number of new patients per day at 0:00 on the 18th was 126. On the 14th and 15th, 109 people and 106 people appeared, respectively, and it seemed be giving, but increased from 113 people on the 16th to 153 people on the 17th, up to half of 100 people.
Since 104 people left on the 14th of last month, the number of new patients per day has been registering triple digits on the 34th.
Quarantine authorities explained that “it takes about a month for the effect of implementing steps 2 and 2.5 of social distancing to appear,” because the number of new patients rarely falls below 100.
The government began the second phase of distancing the Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon metropolitan areas from August 19 to 30, and expanded to the entire country as of August 23. Also, from August 30 to September 13, the distance to the metropolitan area rose to 2.5 steps. Later, from the 14th to the second stage, it was decided to keep it until the 29th.
The government and quarantine authorities estimate that the measure of the second stage of the distance from the metropolitan area has passed about a month from this day, and the effect will appear within the next 1-2 weeks.
Yoon Tae-ho, head of Accident Control Headquarters, told a press conference on the 17th: “Even during the Daegu-Gyeongbuk epidemic in February and March, it took around 40 days for the number of new confirmed patients dropped from the peak to less than 50 “. It takes time to reach a stable level after reaching the peak. I think the Seoul metropolitan area will have to watch the trend for about two weeks, ”he explained.
In a briefing on the 17th, Jeong Eun-kyung, director of Bang Dae-bon, also said, “Because stage 2.5 strengthened for 2 weeks, the peak of 440 patients per day was suppressed and dropped to 100 “. “Stage 2.5 played a role in some control.”
The peak trend is said to be broken with the implementation of stage 2.5 in two weeks, and the declining trend is steadily progressing to the 100 level, but the effect of the second stage will also appear within 1-2 weeks.
During the Daegu-Gyeongbuk epidemic, the number of new patients per day peaked at 909 on February 29 and then fell below 100 since April 2.
In the case of this epidemic in the metropolitan area, the number of new patients reached 441 on August 27.
Unlike Daegu and Gyeongbuk, the metropolitan area is a large city with a population of 35 million, so it is noted that quarantine authorities are able to catch up with the spread of Corona 19. There is also a side that does not it is effective even if distance is applied.
In a briefing on the 18th, Yoon said: “Although the incidence of new patients is decreasing, the incidence of patients in the metropolitan area has not decreased significantly and the cases in which the route of infection and the sporadic group infections continue. ” “It shows that there is still an external infection.”
Among 2013 new patients during the last two weeks (September 4-17), 532 confirmed cases were investigated because the route of infection was not identified, representing 26.4% of the total. It is the highest since the statistics were published.
Headquarters director Jeong Eun-kyung also said: “It means that there is a risk of further transmission as there are unidentified asymptomatic and mild sources of infection in the area,” he said. We continue to increase our quarantine capacity to trace routes, but there are two implications of the limitations. ”
Consequently, the authorities urge the residents of the metropolitan area to pay attention to quarantine management, such as leaving.
“As a result of the analysis of the amount of mobile phone movement during the last weekend (12 ~ 13), it was 28.38 million cases, 13.9% less than the weekend before the implementation of the distance a month ago (Aug 15 ~ 16 · 33.48 million cases) “. “This is an increase of 8.3% compared to the first weekend of September when Phase 2.5 was in effect.”
The amount of mobile phone movement is a count of cases where a user has visited an area other than the actual residential area and stayed for more than 30 minutes, and shows the number of population movements.
“The metropolitan area is very densely populated and economically active,” he said. “Basically, the residents of the metropolitan area have to pay attention to the distance and the use of masks.
Furthermore, he said, “the government recommends that people refrain from visiting their places of origin and relatives and traveling as much as possible during Chuseok holidays and spending the holidays at home.”
Reporter Baek Minjeong [email protected]
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