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Although it decreased to 600 new confirmed cases
Decrease in diagnostic tests during the New Year holidays
10 mutant infections in the UK and South Asia
As a new variable in the signs of global spread
Experts “Based on the experience of one year
It’s a more effective distance strategy. “
Frost is stuck in the face shield of an Army Field Support Team soldier on duty at the Temporary Selection and Inspection Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul, on day 3 when it showed freezing cold. Yunhap news
On day 3, when the number of new confirmed corona19 patients dropped to 600, the government diagnosed that the third epidemic had passed the peak and gradually decreased. The day before, instead of raising social distancing to the third stage, the government extended the measures for stage 2.5 in the metropolitan area and the second stage in the non-metropolitan area for two weeks, which is not unrelated to the diagnosis of this situation. However, it is too early to be optimistic, as the number of diagnostic tests during the New Year holidays has decreased and the mutant virus, which shows signs of global spread, has emerged as a new variable. At 0 o’clock on this day, the number of new confirmed cases of corona19 was 657, reaching 600 in 23 days. According to the summary from the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters (middle script), the number of confirmed cases in Korea during the past week (Dec 27-Jan 2) averaged 931.3, a decrease of 85.7 from 1017 the week before. The amount of movement during the weekends decreased by 34% compared to before the 2.5-stage social distancing update in November, and the infectious reproduction rate (the number of additional transmissions by a confirmed person) decreased to a level 1.0. “As a result of expanding preventive inspection and continuing to strengthen the distance, the spread of this third epidemic is being prevented,” said Son Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division at Accident Recovery Headquarters. It is judged that it happens ”. In addition, the script announced that it has secured beds that can respond to the daily average of 1,000 confirmed cases. After the emergency medical response plan in the metropolitan area was launched on the 13th of last month, it secured 11,2031 beds for 20 days, and the number of people who waited more than one day in the metropolitan area of 158 on the 26 December decreased to 10 from 3 days. The day before, the first director of the heavy script, Kwon Deok-cheol, also emphasized the point that “medical and quarantine capabilities are adequately maintained” on the reason for the decision to withhold promotion to the third stage away. However, it seems too early to be optimistic about the situation. First of all, with the New Year holidays, the number of diagnostic tests has drastically decreased. Since the 29th of last month, the number of tests recorded between 90,000 and 100,000 per day at 0 o’clock on the 1st of this month decreased to 53,540 on the 2nd and 7.4272 on the 3rd. The exact trend of infection is expected to be you can determine just by looking at this week’s trend. The proportion of new confirmed patients who have been investigating the route of infection for the past two weeks also reached 26.7%. The rapidly spreading mutant Corona 19 virus is also a variable that will determine the spread of the future. To date, 9 confirmed domestic cases were infected with the mutant virus originating in the UK and 1 confirmed case with the mutant virus originating in South Africa. Quarantine authorities once leaked the majority of confirmed cases during the quarantine stage and reported that the possibility of transmission of the mutant virus to the community is not high, as there has not been a case of secondary infection by an infected person who visited a multipurpose facility before diagnosis was confirmed. to have. However, a UK mutant virus has already been confirmed in 33 countries, and how widely it has spread has not been confirmed, making it a new variable in the New Year’s 19 corona quarantine.
Son Young-rae, head of the Accident Control Headquarters Strategic Planning Division (spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Welfare) will give a briefing on the results of Corona 19’s critical script at the Seoul Government Complex on day 3. Yunhap news
Experts believe that it is not yet a surveillance phase. The decline in the number of new confirmed cases is unclear, so it can rise to more than 1,000 at any one time. Therefore, it is indicated that a new plan must be devised to increase the distancing effect. Choi Won-seok, professor at the Ansan Hospital (Infectious Internal Medicine) of Korea University, said: “If you expand work from home (which is the third step), you can reduce the use of restaurants and the density of public transport. It is necessary to discuss whether or not to choose to reduce the risk as a whole, rather than prevent the spread by gradually reducing the area of activity. “Kim Woo-joo, professor at the Guro Hospital of Korea University (infectious medicine clinic), He said: “If the previous three steps were too strict, the current five steps are too flexible. The details are also complicated and difficult for citizens to understand, so we need to design a more effective distancing plan that is easy to do. apply in the field. ”By Kim Ji-eun and Seo Hye-mi, Staff Reporters [email protected]
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