[사회]The lowest in 8 weeks from Saturday … “There will be no peaks even after the vacations”

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When the resurgence of COVID-19 returned to a downward craze and the vacation time commenced, the variety of new confirmed instances on Chuseok strike 40,000.

There are problems about an enhance in the selection of verified cases just after the holidays, when there is no length and the volume of travel boosts, but professionals predicted that there would not be a substantial boost for this Chuseok.

Journalist Ki Jeong-hoon studies this.

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On Chuseok, there have been 42,000 new conditions of COVID-19.

It was 26,000 decreased than the prior day, the least expensive in 8 weeks commencing Saturday.

Nevertheless, the amount of clients with serious gastritis improved by 21 models from the preceding working day.

Last Thursday the quantity was reported to have dropped to 400 for the 1st time in 16 days, but it is back again to the 500 amount for two days in a row.

The loss of life toll carries on to be sizeable at 48, which includes a single less than the age of 9.

Quarantine authorities have proven their self-confidence in the very first holiday break quarantine with no social distancing, but have not denied that the total of movement is a variable.

[백경란 / 질병관리청장(8일 브리핑) : 재유행 관리 경험은 향후 대응에 근거와 도움이 될 것이라 생각합니다. 그렇지만 추석 명절을 맞이해 이동과 모임이 잦아지면 재확산 가능성을 배제할 수 없습니다.]

Following previous year’s Chuseok social gathering, prior to Omicron’s genuine mutation appeared, the number of confirmed conditions from 1 to 2,000 for each day exceeded 3,000 for the 1st time.

But this yr, authorities say, things are a little bit distinct.

This is mainly because re-infections driven by detailed mutations are in sharp decrease and, as epidemics repeat, people’s immunity is also preserved at a significant stage.

[신상엽 / KMI 상임연구위원 : 대규모의 집단 발생은 추석 연휴 전후로 나타나기 어렵지만, 문제는 뭐냐 하면 상대적으로 안전한 곳에 있었던 비수도권 지역에 고위험군 어르신들이 새롭게 수도권에 있는 위험자들과 노출될 가능성이 있다라는 거죠.]

As a result, we really should target on who is verified rather than how substantially the number of individuals boosts soon after the vacations.

In addition, inspite of the modern decline in new conditions, the proportion of verified people above the age of 60 is escalating.

The governing administration is not letting go of the reins in protecting against high-chance teams, such as maintaining the ban on going to hospitals and nursing facilities.

Quarantine authorities have urged seniors and people today with fundamental illnesses to actively participate in observing quarantine principles that shield and take into account large-chance groups, such as refraining from attending significant-scale family members reunions even at household .

I am YTN Ki Jeong-hoon.

YTN Ki Jeong-hoon ([email protected])

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