Although it decreased to 600 new confirmed cases
Decrease in diagnostic tests during the New Year holidays
10 mutant infections in the UK and South Asia
As a new variable in the signs of global spread
Experts “Based on one year experience
It’s a more effective distance strategy.”
Frost is stuck in the face shield of a soldier of the Army Field Support Team who is on duty at the Temporary Screening and Inspection Center in Seocho-gu, Seoul on the 3rd, when it showed sub-zero cold. yunhap news
On the 3rd, when the number of new corona19 confirmed patients slowed down to 600, the government diagnosed that the third epidemic had passed the peak and gradually decreased. The previous day, instead of raising the social distancing to the third stage, the government extended measures for the 2.5th stage in the metropolitan area and the second stage in the non-metropolitan area for two weeks, which is not irrelevant to the diagnosis of this situation. However, it is too early to be optimistic, as the number of diagnostic tests during the New Year holidays has decreased, and the mutant virus, which shows signs of global spread, has emerged as a new variable. As of 0 o’clock on this day, the number of new corona19 confirmed cases was 657, reaching 600 in 23 days. According to the summary of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (middle script), the number of confirmed cases in Korea for the past week (December 27th-January 2nd) on average was 931.3, a decrease of 85.7 from the previous week’s 1017. The amount of movement on weekends decreased by 34% compared to before the 2.5-stage social distancing upgrade in November, and the infectious reproductive index (the number of additionally transmitted by one confirmed person) decreased to 1.0 level. “As a result of expanding preemptive inspection and continuing to strengthen distance, the spread of this third epidemic is being prevented,” said Son Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division of the Central Accident Recovery Headquarters. It is judged that it is passing by.” In addition, the script announced that it has secured beds that can respond to the daily average of 1,000 confirmed cases. After the emergency medical response plan in the metropolitan area was released on the 13th of last month, it secured 11,2031 beds for 20 days, and the number of people waiting for more than a day in the metropolitan area from 158 on December 26th decreased to 10 as of 3 days. On the previous day, the first conductor of the heavy script, Kwon Deok-cheol, also emphasized the point that “the quarantine and medical capabilities are adequately maintained” on the reason for the decision to withhold the upgrade to the third stage of distance. However, it seems too early to be optimistic about the situation. First of all, with the New Year holidays, the number of diagnostic tests has drastically decreased. From the 29th of last month, the number of tests recorded 90,000~100,000 a day as of 0 o’clock on the 1st of this month decreased to 53,540 on the 2nd and 7,4272 on the 3rd. It is expected that the exact trend of infection can be determined only by looking at the trend this week. The proportion of new confirmed patients who have been investigating the route of infection for the last two weeks also reached 26.7%. Corona 19 mutant virus, which spreads rapidly, is also a variable that will determine the spread of the future. Until this day, 9 domestic confirmed cases were infected with the mutant virus originating from the UK, and one confirmed case from the South Africa mutant virus. The quarantine authorities once filtered out most of the confirmed cases during the quarantine stage, and reported that the possibility of transmission of the mutant virus to the community is not high, as there has not been a case of secondary infection by an infected person who visited a multi-use facility before the diagnosis was confirmed. have. However, a mutant virus from the UK has already been confirmed in 33 countries, and how widely it has actually spread has not been confirmed, making it a new variable in the New Year’s Corona 19 quarantine.
Son Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division of the Central Accident Control Headquarters (Ministry of Health and Welfare spokesman) is giving a briefing on the results of the Corona 19 critical script at the Seoul Government Complex on the 3rd. yunhap news
Experts believe that it is not yet a vigilant phase. The decline in the number of new confirmed cases is not clear, so it can rise to more than 1,000 at any time. For this reason, it is pointed out that a new plan must be devised to increase the distance distance effect. Choi Won-seok, a professor at Korea University’s Ansan Hospital (Infectious Internal Medicine), said, “If you expand working from home (which is the third step), you can reduce the use of restaurants and the density of public transportation. It is necessary to discuss whether or not to choose to lower the risk as a whole, rather than to prevent the spread by gradually reducing the area of activity.” Kim Woo-joo, a professor at Korea University’s Guro Hospital (infectious medicine clinic), said, “If the previous three steps were too strict, the current five steps are too loose. The details are also complicated and difficult for citizens to understand, so we need to devise a more effective distance-taking plan that is easy to apply to the field.” By Kim Ji-eun and Seo Hye-mi, staff reporters [email protected]