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Lee Jae-gap, professor of infectious medicine, says “government response is slow”
“The public message must be clear and fast”
Jae-gap Lee, professor of infectious medicine at Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, was crying as he delivered a message to Jung Eun-kyung, head of the Central Defense Response Headquarters. Korean Government YouTube Capture
In response to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) on the 15th, the government said: “We will seriously review the stage of social distancing by giving a preliminary warning in the metropolitan and Gangwon areas,” said Jae-gap Lee, professor of medicine. infectious disease at Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital. “What is the reason for being a tempo late?”
On the night of the 15th, Professor Lee expressed his frustration and said, “Preliminary warning before the 1.5-step update? What’s that much?” Through your social networking service (SNS) article.
He said: “The message to the public in the infectious disease crisis situation must be clear and swift,” he said. “What’s the reason for going a tempo late, just sighing (comes out).”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of confirmed cases of corona19 in Korea at 0 o’clock on the 15th increased by 208 compared to the same hour of the previous day, accumulating 28,546. The number of new confirmed cases exceeded 200 for two consecutive days after the previous day.
200 people for two days in a row … “Distance level improvement review”
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun is speaking at the 19th crown critical response script meeting held at the Seoul Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 15th. News 1
First, the government issued a “preliminary warning” without raising the distance level. Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said at the Corona 19 Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters meeting chaired at the Seoul Government Complex the day before: “I will seriously review the rise in social distancing while giving preliminary warnings in Gangwon. and metropolitan areas “. Prime Minister Jeong said: “In the case of the metropolitan area, which accounts for more than half of the total population, the average number of confirmed cases per day during the last week has increased dramatically to 83, and Gangwon-do has already exceeded climbing level “.
However, some experts are expressing the need to proactively increase the distance. In an interview with JTBC on the 14th, Joongsik Eom, professor of infectious medicine at Gachon University Gil Hospital, said: “Many experts predict that the number of confirmed patients will continue to increase in the future.” In particular, he emphasized, “it is much more effective to block quickly and preventively by clearly climbing two or three steps rather than a gradual increase.”
Professor Lee also insists that we should prepare for the second Corona 19 epidemic by taking in several past cases of the Spanish flu. The Spanish flu, caused by the influenza A (H1N1) virus, spread enormously during the spring of 1918 (first outbreak) and fall / winter (secondary outbreak). In particular, the second epidemic is recorded as a catastrophe, and an estimated 50 million people died from this.
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