On the morning of the 9th, when the strongest cold wave continued, citizens who visited the temporary screening clinic installed in the Olympic Park in Songpa-gu, Seoul, are waiting in line to be tested for the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). News 1
The number of new patients with the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea remained in the 600 range for the second day. The government’s preemptive examination of infection-vulnerable facilities confirmed 66 patients, and 505 confirmed cases related to BTJ Heating Center in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do were also found nationwide.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC) on the 9th, the number of new cases in Korea as of 0 o’clock on that day was 641. It is the lowest record in 32 days since the 8th of last month (589) with 596 domestic occurrences and 45 overseas inflows.
66 infected by preemptive inspection of vulnerable facilities… Introduction of rapid antigen test
As a result of the government’s preemptive test for COVID-19 on vulnerable facilities such as nursing hospitals, nursing facilities, and mental hospitals, 66 patients were tested positive.
Earlier, as a group infection occurred at facilities vulnerable to infection, such as nursing hospitals, Bang Dae-bon has been conducting periodic preemptive inspections of facilities vulnerable to infection since the 21st of last month. To date, 1257, 78.9% of the 13,088 institutions surveyed have participated.
Corona 19 cumulative confirmed patients since August. Graphic = Younghee Kim [email protected]
Bang Dae-bon also introduces a rapid antigen test to quickly screen confirmed cases in the event of a group infection. Each government department selects a facility to be tested among the group facilities under jurisdiction, taking into account the possibility of group infection and the burden of medical response. The facility should establish and implement a periodic preemptive inspection plan. It is also possible to perform periodic inspection by dividing the subject to be inspected into new residents, workers, and outside visitors in the facility.
Sook-young Lim, general manager of the situation, said, “The rapid antigen test is a screening test for early detection of Corona 19 before the confirmation test, so it is necessary to pay attention to false positives and false negatives.” PCR) You have to do a confirmation test.”
Only 30% of BTJ Visitors’ Visitors were inspected
From the end of November to the present, 505 patients related to BTJ Universal Center in Sangju, Gyeongsangbuk-do came from 9 cities and provinces including Gyeonggi, Incheon, Gangwon, Gwangju, Jeonnam, Daejeon, Chungbuk, Chungnam, and Busan. The survey found 2837 visitors to the center. Of these, 30.7% (872) were tested, of which 154 were confirmed. Of these confirmed cases, 45 more visited 21 religious facilities and meetings located in 8 cities and provinces across the country, and 351 more were infected.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting held that day, “about 70% of BTJ Visitors to the Center for Corona 19 have not been tested for Corona 19,” and asked “Visitors to undergo the test.”
There is an order for temporary closure at the entrance of the Ulsan branch of Intercorp, Jung-gu, Ulsan. On the 29th of last month, the city of Ulsan issued Administrative Measure No. 34, which ordered that visitors to the Sangju BTJ Universal Center and Intercorp Ulsan Branch visitors to undergo diagnostic tests and prohibit gatherings. News 1
Three patients (cumulative 1,180) related to the Seoul Dongbu Detention Center were added. There are two, including one worker and one detainee who was transferred to the southern prison. In a taxi company in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 17 people were confirmed as of the 21st of last month, and 160 patients related to a church in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do were also counted.
One of the foreign patients who entered South Africa on that day was confirmed. He left South Africa and entered the country on the 30th of last month via Ethiopia. Symptoms occurred during self-isolation, and as a result of the examination, he was confirmed the day before. The quarantine authorities are checking for a mutant virus infection.
Metropolitan academy expedient operation diagram… Quarantine authorities “Strong distance practice”
As the government eased the operating restrictions of academies in the metropolitan area to’operate until 9 pm if the number of teaching students in the same time zone is 9 or less during winter vacation’, there are also academies that operate expediently.
One retraining academy changed its business to a study café, and after classifying about 60 students, it provided meals in the evening. Another academy introduced a new essay subject and then announced that it was taught in a separate academy, but in fact, it taught more than 9 people in the same space. There was also a martial arts academy where 80 people gathered to dance and sold drinks to students.
“Corona 19 is showing a gradual decline, but the outbreak continues around religious facilities and nursing hospitals, and foreign mutant viruses are present as a risk factor,” said Lim, general manager. We have to continue,” he said.
Reporter Choi Moran [email protected]