Input 2020.12.30 14:57 | Revision 2020.12.30 15:42
The central quarantine countermeasures headquarters said in a back briefing on the day that “it has been confirmed that two additional cases of mutant virus infection originating from the UK have been confirmed in Korea, including those in their 20s and 80s. This resulted in a total of 5 confirmed cases of the UK mutant virus in Korea.
The quarantine authorities are seldom seeing the possibility of the spread of a mutant virus from the UK in the domestic community, but the possibility of spreading the virus to the region is drawing attention as additional influx of the mutant virus is identified on this day. The variables are the path of movement and the range of personal contact that confirmed the additional inflow.
The person infected with the mutant virus in her 20s was a woman who entered the country via Dubai alone on the 24th. The possibility of’n-th transmission’ is expected to be extremely low because an abnormal reaction occurred at the entrance examination at the airport quarantine and was immediately transferred to the life treatment center. Corona 19 is confirmed on the 25th, and the mutant virus is confirmed on the 29th.
The problem is the migration path of people infected with mutant virus in their 80s. After entering the country on the 13th, he was in self-containment and died of cardiac arrest while on the move for self-isolation testing on the 26th. He was confirmed as Corona 19 in a post-mortem examination.
The number of people in contact with the confirmed patient in his 80s was found to be a total of 7 people, including residents and paramedics who helped him in the process of falling. The quarantine authorities explained that these cases were not confirmed positive for Corona 19.
Three families who came into contact with this confirmed person became infected with Corona 19, making it impossible to rule out the possibility of spreading to the community. The quarantine authorities explained that the results of the full-length genome test, which can tell whether they are infected with the mutant virus, will be released early next week. According to the quarantine authorities, in order to determine infection with the mutant virus, first of all, it is necessary to be confirmed as Corona 19. Subsequently, a separate test is performed to confirm the mutant virus.
An official from Bang Dae-bon repeats the previous position, saying, “The mutant virus confirmed patients were diagnosed during self-isolation and during the quarantine process,” and “the possibility of spreading to the community is likely to be small.”
However, two of the family members entered Korea on the 13th and were in self-quarantine, while the other one entered Korea on the 8th of last month, so quarantine has been lifted. One family member released from quarantine was confirmed to have engaged in outside activities before being confirmed. On the 23rd, four days before the diagnosis, he visited a hospital and a beauty salon in Ilsan-dong-gu, and on the 24th, it was reported that he had been shopping at a mart near his home for about 30 minutes.
The first case of mutant virus infection in Korea was the infection of three of the family members who arrived in London on the 22nd.
The quarantine authorities plan to strengthen the guidelines for quarantine by lowering the fever standard to 37.3 degrees from 37.5 degrees Celsius for all immigrants to prevent the spread of the mutant virus. Flights departing from the UK will be suspended until January 7, next year, and new visa issuance will be suspended unless for diplomatic, official or humanitarian reasons.