Input 2021.01.02 06:28
Accordingly, it is known that there is a high possibility that the current distancing measures (2.5 steps for metropolitan areas, 2 steps for non-metropolitan areas) and special quarantine measures for the year-end and New Year period will be extended.
The government held a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on the morning of the 2nd to confirm the distancing adjustment plan and announce it through a briefing at 11 am.
However, there is a possibility that the number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of 0 o’clock on the day will be somewhat reduced. In fact, 738 new confirmed cases were counted midway between the quarantine authorities and local governments, such as Seoul, from 0:00 to 9:00 pm the previous day. Even if the number of new confirmed cases falls below 1,000 on this day, this is due to the effect of a decrease in the number of inspections during the New Year holidays, and it cannot be seen that the spreading trend has stopped.
In the last week, the number of new confirmed cases in the region was 976.4 per day. This spread is largely affected by’daily infections’ and group infections in correctional facilities, nursing hospitals, and churches all over the country.
In the case of the eastern detention center in Seoul, the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 945, reaching 1,000. Of these, 903 (95.6%) prisoners accounted for the majority. In this detention center, it is pointed out that the government’s response was poor as infected people continued to appear for more than a month after the first confirmed case was released on November 27 last year.
In addition, ▲ food companies in Paju City, Gyeonggi-do (cumulative 11 people) ▲ Real estate companies in Gimpo City (12 people) ▲ Church in Namdong-gu, Incheon (18 people) ▲ Automobile parts company in Cheonan, Chungnam (12 people) ▲ Sports club in Gwangju (22 people) ▲ Medical institutions in Dalseo-gu, Daegu ( 21) ▲ There are also confirmed cases in connection with the nursing hospital (15 people) in Buk-gu, Busan.
The government is taking various measures to reverse the current situation where group infections continue to occur. First of all, as the current distancing measures and special quarantine measures for the year-end and New Year end on the 3rd, it is necessary to decide on new measures to be applied from the 4th.
In the case of further strengthening of the distance distancing step, the only alternative to the’three-step upgrade’ in the metropolitan area, but this is a measure that causes the suspension or restriction of the business of 2,093,000 facilities and is unlikely to be accepted. The weight is on the side that continues the current level of distance.
In this regard, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, posted a guideline on the official Instagram on the 31st of last month, two days before, on the official Instagram of the “prolonged distance from the metropolitan area” (special quarantine during the year-end and New Year holidays + 2.5 steps for distance), and then hastily deleted it, so that the extension policy has already been determined. Came out. The notice also stated the three-week deadline from January 4th to 24th.
The measures in the 2.5th phase of the metropolitan area and the second phase of the non-metropolitan area were implemented from the 8th of last month and were scheduled to end on the 28th of the same month, but were extended once until the 3rd of this month as the spread did not stop.
It is known that the government is reviewing plans to extend the special quarantine measures for the year-end and New Years, which have been implemented since the 24th of last month, as the current distancing measures alone do not have a significant effect of suppressing the spread.
However, for some measures, it is noteworthy that additional so-called’tweezers prevention’ measures may come out that will ease or strengthen the water level.
Young-rae Son, head of the Strategic Planning Division of the Central Accident Control Headquarters, said in a briefing earlier, “It is analyzed that the effect is a little slow but is appearing through distance positioning.” “As distance is strengthened, the increase is slowing week by week. “We faced a stagnation phase in the 1000 line,” he evaluated.
Sohn said, “In order to maximize the effect of normal distance distancing, you have to look back about 10 to 2 weeks, but it has been a little more than a week since the special quarantine measures for the year-end and New Year were implemented.” “We look forward to turning the trend toward spreading further down, in other words, to a decline in patient growth.”