This weekend the government will announce a plan to adjust the “social distance” stage to be applied from next month and measures to prevent the re-proliferation of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea.
Initially, the announcement was scheduled to be announced on the 29th, but the announcement was delayed as it was judged that it was necessary to observe the situation a little more recently as new confirmed cases turned back to an increase.
Sohn Young-rae, head of the social strategy team at the Central Accident Recovery Headquarters (heavy-supplied), said at a back briefing on the corona 19 situation on the 28th, “I think it is necessary to analyze and judge the current situation of corona 19 confirmed cases. Revealed.
“The number of confirmed cases is on the rise this week, so we are watching with considerable tension,” said Sohn. “I think it is necessary to determine whether or not the temporary increase in patients due to the IM mission.”
He added, “It seems that the announcement tomorrow will be a little difficult, and I will tell you whether to adjust the distance system on the weekend while looking at the trend of confirmed patients tomorrow and the day after tomorrow,” he added. “I will guide you when a specific date and time is decided.”
Currently, measures are being taken in steps of 2.5 steps in the metropolitan area and step 2 in the non-metropolitan area.
The government has stepped up the distance stage sequentially from mid-November last year, and has extended the current stage, which was scheduled to end on the 17th of this month, by two more weeks to reliably block concerns about reproliferation.
The number of confirmed cases of local outbreaks in the last week, a key indicator of the adjustment of distance, has recently dropped to the 300 level and then rose to the 400 level again. This falls within the range of 2.5 levels (400-500 or more, or when doubling is rapidly increasing).
In this regard, Tae-ho Jung, head of quarantine, explained, “(So far) the number of cases of group infection has decreased, and cases of infection due to personal contact accounted for a large proportion, but group infections have occurred recently.”
In fact, in recent years, large and small group infections have continued in many places, including IM mission education facilities, churches and workplaces.
He said, “I have to approach it carefully, but it is possible that group infection is increasing (again),” he said. “Because group infection is on the rise, except for those related to the mission, it seems that there is a lot of liquidity in the trend of confirmed cases.”
The government is currently collecting opinions from experts and local governments and continues to discuss the issue of adjusting the distance stage.
“Because distancing (step adjustment) contains a lot of complex issues, more meetings involving central ministries, local governments, and experts were held than normal meetings,” said Son. “There is no confirmed content yet.”
He also replied that, on the possibility of easing the ban on meetings of five or more people only on the day of the Lunar New Year holidays, “there are some concerns, so we will consider this part and review the adjustment plan.”
“At present, it is difficult to interpret the situation as it is difficult to interpret (the trend of cases of confirmed cases), so it is difficult to judge the situation.” .
(yunhap news)