[사회]1,132 new patients with COVID-19 … report of mutant virus outbreak in South Africa

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The number of new corona 19 confirmed cases was 1,132, the second largest number of confirmed cases after the previous day.

Because of the holidays, the number of tests decreased by 40% from weekdays, but the number of confirmed cases is still 4 digits.

Connect with reporters. Reporter Shin Hyun-jun!

First of all, please tell us the current status of major domestic occurrences as of today’s noon.

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First is a new outbreak.

At a nursing facility in Jongno-gu, Seoul, 12 were added after the first patient on the 20th, resulting in a cumulative 13.

Regarding the Eastern Detention Center in Seoul, 6 people were added during the follow-up tests for joint quarantines, resulting in a cumulative 520.

6 are 1 detainee and 5 family members.

18 nursing hospitals in Guro-gu, Seoul were also added, and the cumulative number of confirmed patients increased to 134.

With regard to automobile factories and restaurants in Gwangmyeong-si, Gyeonggi-do, 25 people were added after the first confirmed on the 20th, which is a cumulative 26.

It is believed that the infection that started in factory workers has spread to families and then spread back to restaurant workers and users.

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The number of new confirmed cases is the second highest in history, with 1,000 people, right?

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As of 0 o’clock today, there are 1,132 new cases.

It was less than 1,241 the previous day, which was the highest in history, but it is the second highest number ever.

In particular, on Christmas Day yesterday, the number of tests was 64,000, including anonymous ones.

Compared to this week’s weekday when there were around 110,000 cases, the number of tests decreased by about 40%, and the number of confirmed cases is still 4 digits.

In this regard, the quarantine authorities explained that there was a difference of about a day between the inspection and the confirmation, and that the effect given by the number of inspections could appear tomorrow.

When looking at the route of infection, 1,104 outbreaks in Korea and 28 inflows from overseas.

When looking at the outbreaks in Korea by region, there were 457 in Seoul, 250 in Gyeonggi, and 55 in Incheon, with 762 in the metropolitan area alone.

In the non-capital area, new patients came from all 17 provinces nationwide, including 61 in Chungnam, 38 in Chungbuk, 37 in Jeonbuk, 35 in Gangwon, and 33 in Gyeongbuk.

Of the 28 confirmed foreign inflows, 10 were confirmed during the quarantine stage.

The additional death toll is 20, and the cumulative death toll is 793.

The number of patients with severe gastric disorders decreased by 12 to 299.

Yesterday, 33,000 people received anonymous prosecutors in the metropolitan area, of which 115 were confirmed.

As a result, the cumulative number of’hidden infected people’ detected early through an anonymous test reached 1,140.

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A new mutation was reported in South Africa, and the quarantine authorities began to come up with measures, right?

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This is a presentation by the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A virus has been reported in South Africa at the cell receptor-binding site of the spike protein.

Accordingly, the quarantine authorities have strengthened quarantine measures for foreign visitors to prevent the influx of mutant viruses into Korea.

Those arriving from South Africa will undergo an additional corona test before quarantine in addition to the existing immigration diagnostic test and quarantine on the 14th.

In addition, we plan to monitor the confirmed cases for mutant viruses.

So far, mutant viruses have not been confirmed in Korea.

The number of confirmed cases entering South Africa has been 1 in October and 6 in December.

For these, we plan to obtain samples and conduct full-length genome analysis.

YTN Shin Hyun-joon at the Ministry of Social Affairs[[email protected]]is.

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