The government “continues 400 confirmed cases a day for a month… the third outbreak remains”

Input 2021.03.20 09:48 | Revision 2021.03.20 13:18

The government asked for cooperation in quarantine, saying that the third epidemic of coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is still continuing.

Kwon Deok-cheol, the first deputy head of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Minister of Health and Welfare), said, “The tail of the third epidemic is not cut off, and 400 confirmed cases a day continue to occur for a month.” The number of new confirmed cases soared to the 600 level right after the Lunar New Year holiday (February 11-14), but after falling to 400 on the 20th of last month (448), it is maintaining the 300-4000 range a year. In the last few days, there have been confirmed cases in the mid-400s.

Deputy General Manager Kwon said, “Group infections are occurring in multi-use facilities such as baths, indoor sports facilities, hospitals, taverns, entertainment establishments, and workplaces employing foreign workers.” The infection continues as if biting the tail to the tail through contact.” It is an explanation that preemptive inspections for high-risk facilities are in progress.

Regarding the full test for foreign workers, he said, “It is to prevent the spread of coronavirus in advance of vaccination against the general public, which will be implemented in April.” On the 17th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government issued an administrative order to force foreign workers to be tested for coronavirus, but it was withdrawn due to concerns about discrimination against foreigners and human rights violations.

Deputy General Manager Kwon said, “It seems to be due to the misunderstanding that the entire inspection is performed only for foreigners, not domestic or foreigners at workplaces with a high risk of infection.” “We asked to improve the inspection method in a way that is common to all.” He added, “There should be no cases in which the facilitation measures or convenience of inspections for foreigners are reversed as discrimination and human rights violations,” he added. “I will look closely to prevent such controversy from occurring in the quarantine process.”

He said, “The time with the corona is prolonged and many people including the medical staff are getting tired, but you should not be vigilant here.” Ahead of vaccination in the second quarter, the corona situation needs to be stabilized. In February and March this year, 675,000 (84%) of the 800,000 people who were vaccinated were completed.