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| On the afternoon of the 14th, the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, a granddaughter and grandmother who are returning from the New Year’s Day in Dongdaegu Station, Dong-gu, Daegu, greet. February 14, 2021/News1 © News1 Reporter Jeong Sik |
Although the quarantine authorities applied special quarantine measures during the Lunar New Year holiday, sporadic infections of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) continued throughout the country during the four-day holiday, raising concerns.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 14th, the cumulative number of confirmed cases at Soonchunhyang University Hospital in Seoul, where the first confirmed case occurred on the 12th, reached 56. Among the confirmed cases, 28 patients, 12 caregivers, and 8 hospital workers and guardians each.
Regarding the sports facility in Guro-gu, Seoul, 11 additional contacts were confirmed, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases increased to 25, and a total of 62 confirmed cases related to the gathering of friends in Yongsan-gu.
In the case of family and acquaintances in Seo-gu, Incheon, a total of 30 people have been confirmed so far, and the number of confirmed cases related to Yeongsaenggyo Bridge and Ohjeong Ability Training Institute in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do increased by 5 to a total of 128.
It’s not just the metropolitan area. As for the construction site in Sejong City, one additional person was confirmed while investigating the contact person, and a total of 12 cases were counted. There are a total of 32 cases related to the family family in Buk-gu, Daegu, and a total of 47 cases related to the office.
Considering the incubation period of Corona 19, the possibility of a large number of confirmed cases occurring in entertainment facilities and multi-use facilities is discussed by some as the quarantine is partially mitigated in a situation where it is necessary to refrain from meetings or meetings with acquaintances even after the Lunar New Year holidays. .
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| Citizens who came to Myeongdong Street in Jung-gu, Seoul on the afternoon of the 14th are enjoying the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday. 2021.2.14/News1 © News1 Reporter Kwon Hyun-jin |
From this day (15th), the operating time limit of 480,000 locations including academies, reading rooms, and theaters in the metropolitan area, and 520,000 locations including restaurants, cafes, and indoor sports facilities in the non-metropolitan area will be lifted. The restricted hours of restaurants and cafes are also extended by one hour from 9 pm to 10 pm
However, the government has announced that it plans to raise the distance again if the third corona19 epidemic tends to re-proliferate. We also kept a ban on meetings of 5 or more people.
In this regard, Son Young-rae, head of the Social Strategy Division of the Central Accident Recovery Headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said in a briefing on the 14th, “If you put the situation in the last week, the trend is stagnating in the metropolitan area and there is a risk of re-proliferation. There is also a risk due to the increase and the expansion of the operation of various multi-use facilities, and the impact may appear from this week. “We need special attention and effort to prevent the signs of crisis from spreading further,” he said.
“The next two weeks are a week in which the effects of the Lunar New Year holiday can appear together,” and “The direction of future quarantine management itself depends on whether Corona 19 will show a more stable decline in the next two weeks or whether the risk of re-proliferation will be realized. It is highly likely to operate completely differently.”
Meanwhile, during the Chuseok holiday (September 30-October 4) last year, there were a total of 8 cases of Corona 19 infection and a total of 44 cases of infection.