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Park Neung-hoo, the First Deputy Head of the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters (Minister of Health and Welfare), chairs a meeting of the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters in response to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) at the Sejong City Government Complex on the morning of the 7th. Yunhap news
Park Neung-hoo, the first deputy head of the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters (Minister of Health and Welfare), warned that the number of new coronavirus (Corona 19) infections per day exceeded 600 for two days in a row at the end last week, and that it is a “ total crisis phase ”.
Minister Park said in a comment at the main script meeting on the 7th: “The number of confirmed cases has been recorded for two consecutive days, despite the decrease in the volume of inspections over the weekend. It is an unprecedented scale, “he said.” The number of new confirmed cases in the metropolitan area was 470 as of day 6, the highest since the Corona 19 outbreak. ”
Minister Park said: “Now, it is difficult to determine where the peak of the third epidemic will rise. If it is the current trend, the pessimistic prognosis that the number of confirmed cases per day can exceed 1000 can become a reality in one or two weeks.
The government adjusted the distance to the metropolitan area to step 2.5 and the non-capital area to step 2, and established three weeks as a special quarantine period until the end of the year. In the metropolitan area, meetings in indoor sports facilities and academies are prohibited for three weeks, and reading rooms and computer rooms can only open until 9:00 p.m. Baths, saunas and steam facilities are closed. Non-metropolitan cafes are prohibited from eating and drinking in stores, and restaurants can only pack and deliver after 9pm.
Minister Park said: “If we do not detect the spread even in the stage 2.5 of the metropolitan area, an explosive epidemic throughout the country will become a reality and lead to the collapse of the medical system, so that the national adjustment in three stages is inevitable. ” Until the end of the year, cancel unnecessary outings and meetings, and when eating and drinking at unavoidable gatherings, when speaking silently, wear a full mask. ”
At today’s main script meeting, the quarantine situation and medical response by region will be checked and future actions reviewed. A plan to secure additional beds and expand preventive diagnostic testing will also be discussed in cooperation with local governments and the medical community.
Reporter Lee Byung-jun [email protected]
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