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Citizens visiting Hongdae Street in Mapo-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 15th walk on the street. News 1
“The number of confirmed corona19 cases among 20-year-olds is increasing recently,” said Jung Eun-kyung, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying, “Because young people are asymptomatic and mild and active in social activities, the risk of spreading the infection in the region is quite high “.
In a regular briefing at the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bangdaebon) on the 23rd, Chung, the Director of Disease Management, said: “If you look at the distribution of confirmed cases by age over the last week (from November 15-21), the increase in the number of young people in their twenties is the largest. ” It went from 10.6% of all confirmed cases to 17.8% last week ”.
According to Bang Dae-bon, the number of new confirmed patients in their twenties during the past week was the highest at 367 (17.8%). After age 20, 359 people (17.4%) in their 50s, 324 people in their 40s (15.7%) and 298 people in their 60s (14.4%).
Quarantine authorities pointed to the fact that there are many confirmed cases of youth and young adults related to the third coronavirus outbreak. During the second pandemic in August-September, there were many confirmed cases of seniors aged 60 and over due to group infection of the church and assembly.
The third fashion is led by youth and youth
“The proportion of confirmed patients aged 60 and over has fallen from 33% at the end of August to 24% last week,” Chung said. “Now, the proportion of confirmed cases among young people is relatively high.” In addition, it diagnosed that “August-September was a very popular trend of exposure to the elderly through broadcast channels such as churches, assemblies and door-to-door sales, and now the incidence is increasing in all age groups of the community” .
Chung said: “Young people are unlikely to get worse as patients with an upset stomach,” but expressed concern about the ability to spread the corona.
“Young people between 20 and 30 years old are asymptomatic and are not very sick at the beginning of the outbreak, so they do a lot of activities between 4 and 5 days before and after the diagnosis of high corona infection,” he said. It is a risk factor for causing the umpteenth infection because there are many. ”
In the early morning of October 12, guests sing at a karaoke room in Seoul.
Variable of the ‘hidden spreader’ of the coronavirus
The fact that people in their twenties can become ‘hidden spreaders’ for the local community was also confirmed in the interim results of the 3rd National Health and Nutrition Survey and the Corona 19 Antibody Value Survey for military enlistment.
In a briefing, Commissioner Chung revealed the results of the antibody test for 1,379 people (15 provinces nationwide, from August 14 to October 31) and 6,859 soldiers enlisted in the army (residents of the training center of the army from September to October). .
First, as a result of a survey of 1,379 people in the National Health and Nutrition Survey, a total of 3 people tested positive for antibodies. Two out of three were confirmed by foreign entries and only one was infected by the local community, which authorities could not confirm. This means that a person recovered from the crown without even knowing it.
Consequently, the rate of antibody formation was 0.07% (1 of 1379). This was not significantly different from the results of the first survey above (0.03%, 1 of 1355) and the second survey (0.07%, 1 of 1440).
Commissioner Chung said: “In the second survey from June to August, 1 in 1440 people showed a positive rate of 0.07%. In this third survey, the antibody positivity rate was as low as 0.07%.” We were able to confirm that there were no infections. ”
On the morning of October 29, at Itaewon World Food Street in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, officials from the Yongsan-gu office are working in quarantine to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). Yongsan-gu announced that it will implement special quarantine measures for the high-risk corona 19 facilities in Itaewon from the 26th before Halloween Day. News 1
There were more cases of positive antibodies in the admissions test, mainly in young people in their twenties.
Of the 6,859 soldiers enlisted in September-October, 25 tested positive for the antibody. Of these, 10 were previously confirmed and the remaining 15 were “ hidden infected ” who were not diagnosed with Corona 19 in the local community.
Their antibody formation rate was 0.22% (15 of 6859), three times that of the National Health and Nutrition Survey (0.07%).
“When speaking outside the family, always wear a mask.”
Eun-kyung Jung, head of the Central Defense Response Headquarters (Director of the Disease Prevention and Control Administration). Yunhap news
Commissioner Chung said: “The fact that the positive enrollment rate is three times that of the National Health and Nutrition Survey for the general public is a factor that it can be estimated that there will be quite a few infected and undiagnosed patients, especially in their early 20s. “Intensive quarantine in their twenties and conscientious observance of quarantine rules among youth is important to block the spread of local communities.” He also noted that “because a large number of patients with undiagnosed coronavirus can be in the community, you should always wear a mask and speak or keep your distance when contacting people outside your family, thinking that there is a risk of infection. ”
Commissioner Chung said: “In consultation with the Ministry of Education to prevent the spread of infection among young people, we will expand non-face-to-face classes at universities, refrain from small-scale face-to-face meetings, and strengthen quarantine management for young people. multipurpose facilities such as bedrooms, restaurants and sports facilities. ㆍ He added that he plans to strengthen the inspection of facilities focused on young people such as study cafes.
Reporter Baek Minjeong [email protected]
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