“Patient stability trend” … Reorganization of the distance proposed for early next month

Quarantine authorities said the outbreak of new patients with coronavirus infection (Corona 19) has a stable trend.

In a briefing at the Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters on the morning of the 9th, Yoon Tae-ho, head of the Accident Control Headquarters, said: “Although the amount of movement has increased during the holiday of Chuseok, the number of domestic patients has not yet increased. ” Yoon added: “We believe that the trend of decreasing the number of patients continues to occur, considering the fact that the number of patients is almost similar even though the test volume has recovered compared to last week when the volume of test decreased due to consecutive vacations. ”

At the Corona 19 Screening Clinic at the Seo-gu Health Center in Daejeon, medical personnel are busily moving to screen students and citizens. Reporter Kim Seong-tae

At 0 o’clock on day 9, the number of patients with a crown was 54, slightly decreasing with respect to the previous day (69), keeping the two digits for the second day.

“The number of infected people fluctuates depending on whether a medium-sized group infection occurs,” Ban said. “But the total number of patients is gradually entering a stabilizing trend,” he said. Furthermore, he said, “the proportion of confirmed cases with an unclear route of infection is also slowly improving, and in particular, we are seeing the part where the infectious reproduction index falls below 1,” he said. The infectious reproduction index is an index that shows how many other people a patient with an infectious disease transmits the virus to. The authorities intend to keep this index below 1.

However, the possibility of further spread from Chuseok remains. “Considering that the incubation period has not passed long enough yet, it is an early time to finalize the evaluation,” Yun said.

The authorities announced their policy of responding vigorously to the Hangul Day demonstration. Mr. Yun said, “We have notified all 139 cases, including the ban on meetings, to all groups that reported the gathering of 10 or more people,” and said, “Illegal acts will be severely punished without exception by careful compilation. “. . Furthermore, he added, “we plan to claim compensation for damages from the assembly participants in the event that a case is confirmed due to the assembly.

At Gwanghwamun Station, Seoul, on Hangul Imprint 9, the police closed the station entrance and controlled access to block the meeting. Newsis

Authorities plan to announce a reorganization of the distance early next month.

“We are reviewing the overall reorganization,” said Sohn Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division. There is, ”he said.

He explained: “We are discussing ways to block the spread of the infection through voluntary participation by enforcing the intensity of the rules step by step instead of discriminating them and moving them away from places where it is impossible to observe the quarantine rules themselves.” . “After an in-depth analysis, we will be able to explain the overall reorganization plan until the end of this month or early next,” Son said.

Earlier, Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo attended the national audit of the Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly the morning of the previous day and said: “It is time to promote the fundamental change of the quarantine system.” We are discussing in the direction of changing the problem ”.

Separately, the government plans to announce the social distancing steps that will take effect starting on the 12th, as the special quarantine period for the Chuseok holiday that began on the 28th of last month ends on the 11th.

Reporter Hwang Soo-yeon [email protected]