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On the 16th, the number of new confirmed corona 19 cases increased by 223, topping 200 for three consecutive days. On this day, students line up to be tested at a screening clinic at an elementary school in Buk-gu, Gwangju. Freelancer Jeongpil Jang
On the 19th, the government raised the social distance in the metropolitan area to 1.5 steps. The Gangwon region has decided to leave it to the judgment of local governments, but there is a possibility that it will be decided to “update” at the Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters meeting on the 17th.
Emergency in infection of 200 people for 3 consecutive days
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In a phone call with JoongAng Ilbo on the 16th, a script official said, “We have decided to increase the distance from 0 o’clock on the 19th” and “we will make an official announcement on the 17th.” Park Neung-hoo (Minister of Health and Welfare), the company’s first deputy chief, will give a briefing on Corona 19’s response at 12 noon on the 17th at the government office in Seoul.
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A scriptwriter official said, “There were not many confirmed cases in Incheon, so there was an opinion to keep the first stage, but considering that it is the same housing area as Seoul, we decided to update all metropolitan areas.” A Seoul official said: “At a meeting on the morning of the 16th, it was concluded that the 1.5-step upgrade was unavoidable in the case of the metropolitan area, and I was about to present it. However, there was a problem with the improvement of the rest of the metropolitan area, so the script was announced on the 17th ”.
However, the government decided to leave the Gangwon area to the local government. However, considering the spread of Corona 19 in Yeongseo areas such as Inje and Cheorwon, Gangwon, a plan is being reviewed to increase only the Yeongseo area without updating the entire Gangwon.
New confirmed cases of Corona 19 after August. Graphic = Reporter Cha Junhong [email protected]
On the night of the 16th, the government heard written opinions on the 1.5-step update from the members of the Living Prevention Committee, made up of experts. Here, many of the committee members are said to have accepted the update. Kim Dong-hyun, professor of preventive medicine at Hallym University, said: “It is better to respond preventively as much as possible. Therefore, it is desirable not to exclude Incheon in the metropolitan area and Yeongdong in Gangwon ”.
The decision to increase distances in the metropolitan area was influenced by the ruling that the recent spread of Corona 19 was serious. There is concern about a massive outbreak, with the number of new confirmed cases surpassing 200 over three consecutive days. A key consideration when adjusting the distance stage is the average number of local cases per day for a week. If there are more than 100 people in the metropolitan area and 30 people in the non-metropolitan area (10 people in Gangwon and Jeju), the 1.5-step upgrade will be considered. In the last week (10-16 days), the number of confirmed patients per day in the metropolitan area was 99.4 on average, which has not yet been met, but exceeded 100 for four consecutive days.
Jung Eun-kyung, head of Central Defense Countermeasures Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon), in a regular briefing on the day, “If you look at various short-term predictions from experts, if you don’t reduce people-to-people contact, have between 300 and 400 people (new confirmed cases per day) “. Said. According to Bang Dae-bon, the number of confirmed cases is increasing, especially among young adults. Regarding the distribution of confirmed patients during the last week, 52.2% of those aged 40 years and over were older than those aged 50 years or over (47.8%).
Jung said, “Because young adults are very likely to be exposed to or spread an infection, there is a need to strengthen diagnostic testing and social distancing for young adults.”
Meanwhile, on the 16th, the Ministry of National Defense decided to hold a meeting of key emergency commanders under the supervision of Secretary of Defense Seo-wook and raise the level of social distancing in the metropolitan area and the Gangwon area of the stage. 1 to stage 1.5. Accordingly, from the 17th to the 29th, military personnel in the Gangwon metropolitan area and region should minimize events, visits, business trips and meetings, and will not be allowed to go to the entertainment facilities. Instead, vacations, outings, and overnight stays are allowed as now, as long as they comply with quarantine guidelines.
Reporters Baek Min-jeong, Kim Hyun-ye, Lee Tae-yoon, and Lee Chul-jae [email protected]
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