Authorities “Up to 40 corona deaths, the aftermath of an increase in the elderly… Strengthening response to nursing hospitals”

Input 2020.12.29 14:41 | Revision 2020.12.29 15:34

The quarantine authorities analyzed on the 29th that the cause of the 40 deaths caused by Corona 19, the largest number of deaths per day, was the effect of an increase in the size of elderly patients, mainly in nursing hospitals and nursing homes, and announced that it will strengthen response guidelines for the facility.

Jun-wook Kwon, head of the 2nd vice president of the Central Defense Response Headquarters, said at a regular briefing on Corona 19, “28 people, which account for about 70% of the 40 deaths today, occurred in nursing homes and nursing homes.” “As a whole, the size of the elderly patients has increased and the proportion has increased, and this is the result of a month or so.”

The number of deaths on Corona 19 announced by the government on that day was a total of 40. It is the largest number since February 20, when the first deaths from Corona 19 occurred in Korea. The cumulative death toll is 859.

Deputy General Manager Kwon drew a line saying, “(The number of deaths) is not the cause of insufficient treatment, medical response, or lack of beds.”

However, claims were also raised that the quarantine authority’s isolation system for the same group was poor. On the 28th, the previous day, in the Blue House National Petition, there was a post criticizing the isolation of the same group by the quarantine authorities, saying,’Even negative patients in nursing hospitals were exposed to infection risk.’ Headquarters Kwon said, “There was a lack of system due to the outbreak of a large number of (Corona 19) patients nationwide,” he said. “Since nursing care transfer is a place that requires early intervention and action to lower the mortality rate, we will (manage) more systematically. “He said.

The quarantine authorities plan to reinforce countermeasures against group infection by adding nursing hospitals and nursing homes to mental hospitals, which were analyzed as a major factor in the increase in the number of corona19 deaths in Korea.

Deputy Head Kwon said, “Epidemiological investigators form a group infectious disease response team in an early nursing hospital and send them on-site to directly support local governments and medical institutions, prepare a space for contact and transfer confirmed cases to appropriate medical institutions, etc. I will do it.” Next, “We have prepared a nursing hospital dedicated to infectious diseases that can hospitalize or turn off patients with severe severity, and discuss and prepare various human resources and material resources to start the operation with two designated hospitals in Incheon and Gyeonggi on the 26th. There is,” he added.