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Quarantine Authorities “Serious Internal Review of Second Stage Update”
With 300 new confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (Corona 19) infection for three consecutive days, citizens await the test at the screening clinic at Songpa-gu Health Center in Seoul on the 20th. News 1
Quarantine authorities have diagnosed that the number of confirmed daily cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) will exceed 600 in early December. In February and March, an outbreak larger than the first outbreak in Daegu and Gyeongbuk and the second outbreak in the metropolitan area is expected.
At a regular briefing held by the Korean Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 21st, Sook-young Lim, general manager of the situation at Central Defense Response Headquarters, said: “The corona epidemic in Korea is in a very serious situation as the beginning of a large-scale spread. ” If it continues, it is expected that it will soon reach the 2nd stage of social distancing. The government increased the distance between the metropolitan area and the Gangwon area to 1.5 steps from 0 o’clock on the 19th.
He continued: “Another concern is that the infectious reproductive index, which is a predictive indicator of the epidemic, is above 1.5 (a confirmed patient infects more than 1.5 people),” he said. It is estimated that it will reach more than 600 people in the beginning. ”
“If the current spread cannot be blocked, the epidemic in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do and a national epidemic that will overtake the epidemic in the metropolitan area is also expected in late August. Without reducing it, the current spread cannot be blocked. ”
Citizens wearing masks for lunch go back and forth in front of the Seoul Bitchoron Festival sculptures installed on the streets of Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul on the 20th. Yunhap news
Quarantine authorities said they were particularly concerned because infections from small-scale groups outside the quarantine network are occurring throughout the country, the reproduction rate of the infection exceeded 1.5 and reached a record high, and that the number of confirmed young people with strong asymptomatic tendency and high activity is increasing. It’s less than the 1,000 people warned by 11 professional infectious disease societies on the 20th, but suggests a large-scale outbreak has begun.
Consequently, he explained that the government is considering increasing social distancing in the second stage. “The current infection pattern is a bit different from the past, and there are many simultaneous occurrences across the country,” said Lim, chief of the general manager of the situation. “The second stage update is seriously reviewed internally with the relevant ministries and local governments in the current script. Medium.”
Under the new government distancing system, the second stage is implemented when it is judged that “the local epidemic is spreading rapidly and spreading nationwide.” From this day on, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do and Hadong-gun, Gyeongnam, raised their social distancing to stage 2. The main quarantine measures that the epidemic area must follow when applying the second stage are: △ Prohibit meetings , gatherings and events of more than 100 people gather Prohibit meetings as entertainment facilities △ Expand restrictions on use of facilities, such as allowing only packing and delivery after 9 pm All.
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