Government “The third corona epidemic has passed”

Input 2021.01.08 11:07 | Revision 2021.01.08 12:11

The government recently announced that the coronavirus epidemic has passed its peak and has entered a decline.

Tae-ho Yoon, head of the quarantine prevention division at the Central Accident Control Headquarters (Heavy Water), said at a regular briefing held at the Government Complex Sejong on the morning of the 8th. Considering the expanded infection pattern, there is a high possibility that the decrease trend will appear modest.”

Yun added, “In addition, the seasonal factors such as winter are still there, and there are many risk factors such as mutant viruses, so it is still a state of caution to relieve tension.”

From the 2nd of this month to 0:00 a.m. of this day, a total of 5355 patients occurred in Korea, and the average number of new confirmed patients per day was 765. From December 26 of last year to the 1st of this month, the average number of domestic patients per day decreased by 211.4 from 976.4.

According to the script of the day, the nationwide movement on weekdays this week decreased by 4.4% from last week. However, the government emphasized that human-to-person contact should be reduced as much as possible, citing a high proportion of infections caused by personal contact as well as multi-use facilities. He also cautioned against mutant viruses from Britain and South Africa (South Africa).

“We have to cancel all meetings and appointments. We need to reduce social contact,” said Yoon. “In particular, as the rate of spread among families has increased recently, this is important to protect the health of not only myself but also my family.”

He added, “From today, all foreigners entering the country are obligated to submit a gene amplification (PCR) negative confirmation form during the quarantine stage.” It added that both domestic and foreign immigrants will be quarantined in temporary living facilities until negative diagnostic test results are confirmed.”

The government aims to reduce the number of confirmed cases to 400 to 500 or less per day, which is the level 2 level. Young-rae Sohn, head of the Strategic Planning Division of the Central Accident Control Headquarters, said, “It is entering a decline, but the decline itself will proceed somewhat slowly because there are various risk factors.” “It is important to take special measures intensively and reduce the number of patients sufficiently.”

He stressed that “the reduction in tax itself needs to be reduced to 400 to 500 people or less based on the current 2nd stage of distance.”

The government is preparing quarantine rules to be applied after the 17th, when special quarantine measures are over. “With the long distance, social fatigue is accumulated everywhere, and it is not easy to continue the measures that severely restrict daily life and work as it is now.” It is more important than anything else to make it,” he said.

The adjustment of quarantine measures after the 17th will take into account the fact that the third outbreak is a form of sporadic infection through human contact rather than group infection in multi-use facilities. “The proportion of current epidemic patterns caused by personal contact rather than group infection in large-scale group facilities is increasing,” said Son. “Comparing the current point with the end of November (last year), the effect of group infection in multi-use facilities. “While the proportion is decreasing, the proportion of infections caused by personal meetings or interpersonal contact such as contact with confirmed patients is increasing,” he said.

“We plan to consider these parts as important in coordinating quarantine measures, while continuing to strengthen or maintain the quarantine measures for the parts that are currently needed, and review the parts that are less risky to reflect realistic parts.” Explained.