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Quarantine authorities repeatedly called for the active implementation of special quarantine measures during the end of the year and New Year holidays, diagnosing that the spread of Corona 19 in Korea is not slowing down despite the strengthening of ‘social distancing’.
Jung Eun-kyung, head of the Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon), said in a regular briefing on the 26th: “The average number of confirmed cases across the country per day during the last week was 1.17, and the spread of Corona 19 has not diminished. ” He said: “The risk of local infection is very high, especially in the metropolitan area, with a positive rate of Korean tests exceeding 2%.”
The positive rate, calculated in comparison with the number of tests, was 2.17% (1,241 of 57,147) at 0 o’clock on the 25th and 3.77% (1,132 of 358) that day. .
Jung Headquarters said: “The group outbreak continues, targeting facilities vulnerable to Corona 19 such as nursing homes, nursing homes, detention centers, foreign communities, workplaces in a closed and gated environment, and religious facilities. . “It is important to minimize human contact during the Christmas season.”
Regarding the difference between the ‘second pandemic’ and this ‘third pandemic’ in August, the head of the general manager said: “August was the summer season and the contagion focus was not wide, so the spread could be stopped of epidemiological investigations and distance, but this time in winter. As can be seen from the positive rate of anonymous tests, in addition to the factors, the ‘accumulated infected people’ accumulate and the trend has not been broken despite the continuous strengthening distance ”.
Regarding the possibility of increasing the distance in the Seoul metropolitan area in three stages, “in addition to steps 2.5, we are monitoring the trend by implementing special quarantine measures for the end of the year and New Year holidays throughout the country.” There is a concern about the spread of the infection in society, so we continue to review it with local governments and ministries ”.
The government will hold a meeting of the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters on the 27th to discuss and finalize a plan to adjust the distance, including whether or not to lift the third stage.
As of now, the 2.5-stage spread is known to be weighted.
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