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A shopping mall in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, is packed with visitors on the afternoon of the 8th, the second day of the first phase of the new ‘Social Distance’. Under the new distance system, the use of masks is mandatory in key and general management facilities, such as wedding halls, cinemas and markets from the first stage, and starting on the 13th a penalty of 100,000 won will be imposed for not wearing More expensive. [뉴스1]
As of day 7 a new social distancing was implemented, while the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) has not seldom stopped. In the metropolitan area, level 1, the lowest level, remains, but if the number of confirmed cases continues to increase, it can go up to level 1.5 at any time.
An average of 65.4 confirmed cases per day in the metropolitan area
Infection in hospitals, meetings, etc.
In a briefing on the 8th, Park Neung-hoo, the first deputy chief of the Central Headquarters for Security and Disaster Countermeasures (Minister of Health and Welfare) said: “Under the first stage of distancing, socio-economic activities continue to expand and the number of patients remains high. It is a situation that is slightly ahead of the speed of monitoring and deterrence of quarantine authorities.
In particular, it diagnosed that the expansion of the metropolitan area was unusual. Minister Park said: “The metropolitan area occupies the most (diagnosed) patients, and an average of 65.4 people occur per day.” It’s growing, ”he said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Korea’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 8th, the number of new patients at 0 o’clock that day was 143. Although the number of tests decreased to half the level of the previous day (5631 cases), the number of patients increased by 54 compared to the previous day, raising the number to three digits in two days. The domestic outbreak was 118, with 79 from the metropolitan area.
Looking at the recent Corona 19 outbreak, patients are constantly leaving vulnerable groups such as hospitals and nursing facilities, as well as family and acquaintances gatherings, workplaces and markets. As of the 8th, the cumulative number of patients in Seoul insurance companies (25) and securities companies (22) reached 50, and the number of patients working in Asan, Chungnam (35) and downtown Cheonan calls (32) continued to increase. The number of patients related to the alumni golf club in Yongin, Gyeonggi province increased to 62, and the number of patients related to the memorial meeting in Changwon, Gyeongnam increased to 28.
Kim Woo-joo, professor of infectious medicine at Korea University Guro Hospital, said: “The average daily number of patients in the metropolitan area is less than 100, but it cannot be judged by the number of confirmed cases. Now , there are multiple explosions in various places. Time to be more vigilant than in the Shincheonji era.
Meanwhile, according to the authorities, starting on the 11th, passengers on flights departing from Korea to China, regardless of their nationality, must undergo the corona 19 test (PCR) twice. This is due to the strengthening of China’s quarantine of foreign inflows. Passengers on scheduled flights must perform the inspection twice within 48 hours from the embarkation date, and passengers on irregular flights must perform the first inspection within 72 hours from the embarkation date and then the second inspection within 36 hours.
Reporter Hwang Soo-yeon [email protected]
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