As the infection reproductive index, which shows how many patients a patient infects, has recently exceeded 1 again, the authorities are watching closely. In the case of the metropolitan area, it is close to 1.1. The authorities plan to review the social distancing adjustments after watching the situation by this week.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun is all speaking at a major plenary session in response to Corona 19 held at the Seoul Government Complex in Sejong-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul. News 1
According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters on the 21st, the national infectious product production index recorded 0.82 in the 3rd week of January (January 17-23), followed by the 4th week (0.95), the 1st week of February (0.96), and the 2nd week of February. Although it gradually climbed to (0.96), it remained below 1. The Infectious Reproduction Index, which was in the second half of 0.9, started to rise from the Lunar New Year holiday and then rose to 1.1 in the third week of February (February 14-20). If the infectious reproductive index is less than 1, it is regarded as the prevalence suppression, and if it is 1 or more, it is considered the spread of the epidemic.
Sohn Young-rae, head of the social strategy team at the Central Accident Control Headquarters, said in a briefing on the same day, “The infectious material production index continues to rise nationwide, and especially the metropolitan area is approaching 1.1. It is worth doing.” “The outbreak of groups at workplaces is increasing, and group infections such as family and acquaintance meetings and multi-use facilities are also increasing steadily,” said Son.
He said, “We will keep an eye on the situation this week and, if necessary, consider adjustments such as distancing steps and quarantine measures.”
However, he said, “It seems that the trend is increasing again, but considering the waiting volume for inspection due to the Lunar New Year holidays, it is necessary to look closely at how it will unfold this week.”
In terms of indicators such as the number of patients, there is concern about the spread, but as the amount of tests that was delayed during the Lunar New Year holiday may have been reflected, it may have shown a temporary increase.
On the 18th, medical staff are busy examining citizens visited at a corona19 screening clinic in a public health center in Daejeon. Freelancer Kim Seong-tae
As the vaccination begins on the 26th, Son said, “The risk of Corona 19 is not immediately lowered just because vaccination begins, but will gradually fall while watching the time lag of 2 to 3 months or more.” “Stable management will be the most important key.”
The speed of epidemiological investigations is faster.
Meanwhile, the authorities said that as the epidemiological investigation support system was improved, the time from next month until the card payment information of the confirmed patient is notified to the epidemiological investigator from the original 2 days to 10 minutes. “The epidemiological investigation support system allows us to quickly collect and analyze the path of the confirmed person,” said Son Young-rae, head of the group. “It improves the performance so that it is automatically linked.”
When the performance improvement is completed in March, information acquisition and analysis can be processed in just 10 minutes, which will be of great help in doubling the dynamic speed, the government explained. According to the script, the capacity of information analysis to analyze acquired information individually will also be increased 100 times from the original 1,000 to 100,000.
It emphasized that the personal information collected by the authorities is collected with the approval of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and each card company establishes a security network to minimize the leakage of personal information, and that the collected information is disposed of as soon as the purpose is achieved.
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