While the number of confirmed cases of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea recorded a record high of 1030 on the 13th, an analysis was raised that this’third pandemic’ is different from the first and second epidemics. Experts said that the peak of the third pandemic has not yet come, and if it remains, the number of patients and deaths will increase rapidly by the beginning of next year.
First direct presidency since February of the major plenary session
Expert “The peak of the 3rd pandemic has not yet come
If you don’t use strong deterrence measures, you will explode in critically ill patients
Opposition Party “I missed the vaccine while promoting K quarantine”
– President Moon Jae-in urgently presided over a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters at the Seoul Government Complex on the same day and said, “If we cannot break the current spread, we need to consider raising the social distancing in the third stage.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1030 new cases of Corona 19 were confirmed as of 0 o’clock on the 13th. It was only 328 days after the first patient was released on January 20 that the number of new confirmed patients a day exceeded the 1,000 mark. The total cumulative number of confirmed cases up to this day was 42,766.
Lee Jae-gap, professor of infectious medicine at Hallym University Gangnam Sacred Heart Hospital, said, “It is incomparable with the first pandemic centered on Daegu. At the time, the route of infection was relatively clear. It is a very scary 1000 people because there are now patients who are infiltrating the community as a whole.” Professor Lee said, “At present, the peak cannot be predicted. If a strong suppression policy is not used now, the number of severely severely ill patients will explode to 700 even after two weeks. He warned that there are people who die because they can’t wear a respirator.”
As the third pandemic is in progress, the most worrisome is that unlike the first period, group infections are erupting across the country, and it is difficult to identify the source of infection.
Some analysts say that distance measures are difficult to achieve a great effect due to the seasonal nature of winter. Jeon Byung-yul (former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), president of the Graduate School of Health Industry at Chaeui Science University, said, “I think that if the distance is strengthened, the contact will decrease and the number of patients will decrease, but it is an illusion. “If you don’t wear a mask anywhere in your daily life, eat or have a conversation, and exposure to droplets occurs, you can become infected in an instant.”
Kim Woo-joo, a professor of infectious medicine at Korea Daeguro Hospital, said, “The biggest problem is that you take the distance step down when you shouldn’t and don’t upload it when you need to. He pointed out that from October to November, there are around 100 patients steadily coming out, but as it went down to the first stage, I think it became the spark of a pandemic.”
President Moon said at a major script meeting held 10 months after last February, “raising social distancing to three levels is the last resort.” “In the script, we should thoroughly prepare in advance for that case, and it will be judged inevitable. If so, please make a bold decision.” President Moon said, “It is a time of desperate despair to concentrate all quarantine capabilities and administrative power to stop the spread of Corona 19.” “K quarantine was stronger in the moment of crisis. If we use our quarantine capabilities to the fullest in diagnostic tests, epidemiological investigations, isolation and treatment of confirmed patients, we can overcome the current crisis sufficiently.”
However, voices of criticism erupted from the opposition party. In particular, he pointed out the’vaccine acquisition’ problem. Ho-young Joo, head of the People’s Forces, said, “When advanced countries are in war to secure vaccines, we spent a whopping 120 billion won in public relations expenses and devoted themselves to self-promotion of K quarantine.” .
Reporters Esther, Lee Tae-yoon and Yoon Seong-min [email protected]
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