Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun presides over a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (Company) in response to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) held at the government building in Seoul on the morning of the 19th on a holiday. [사진 = 연합뉴스]– Amid the rapid spread of the corona 19’third pandemic’, 1053 confirmed cases were released during the day on the 18th. The number of confirmed cases from all over the country such as Donghae and Cheongju surpassed 1,000 for four consecutive days. The number of Corona 19 deaths increased by 14 on a single day on the 18th, and the cumulative domestic death toll was 659. The number of patients with severe gastric disorders also increased by 29 per day, recording a total of 275.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that as of 0 o’clock on the 19th, the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases increased by 1053, and the cumulative number of patients was 48570. By region, there were 384 in Seoul, 278 in Gyeonggi, 103 in Chungbuk, 46 in Incheon, and 39 in Busan. In the’anonymous inspection’, a temporary inspection center in the metropolitan area, 116 additional people were confirmed as of 0 o’clock on the 19th, resulting in a cumulative 286. Following the last 16-18 days (1078 → 1014 → 1062), it exceeded the 1,000 mark for four consecutive days. On the 13th, the number of people rose to 1030 for the first time, and it is continuing to be four digits a day.
In particular, after the first pandemic in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, the number of confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area recorded 300 for the first time. This’third pandemic’ is showing a pattern of spreading in all directions. In the last week (12.13-19), with an average of 976.4 new cases per day, the number of confirmed regional cases, which is a key indicator for adjusting the distance, reached an average of 948.9 per day.
◆ Donghae Central Elementary School 23 people, True Love Nursing Hospital 47 people… Spreading
A bunch of 23 students and faculty at Jungang Elementary School in Donghae, Gangwon-do were confirmed on the 19th of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19). According to the Health Authority and the Gangwon-do Office of Education, 21 students and 2 teachers in a total inspection on 910 students and faculty at the Central Elementary School on that day. Said they had tested positive. On the 17th, at this school, two students, one elementary school student and one in their 50s who are assistants for educational activities, were positive.
Accordingly, on the 18th, 910 students, including 805 students and 105 faculty members, were tested. An official from Donghae City said, “In addition to the 23 positive test results, an additional 10 people have been undecided, so the number of confirmed cases may increase.” Health and education authorities are discussing measures with epidemiological investigations. Earlier, 6 confirmed cases, including 4 patients and 2 guardians, occurred at Donghae Hospital of the Labor Welfare Corporation, and a total of 600 people were examined.
In Cheongju True Love Elderly Nursing Home, 47 confirmed cases of Corona 19 occurred. According to Cheongju City on the 19th, 6 workers in this nursing home and 41 residents were confirmed for Corona 19 late in the afternoon of the previous day. The city conducted a full examination on the 18th after a large number of confirmed cases occurred on the 17th in this nursing home. The number of confirmed cases related to this nursing home increased to 61. Cheongju City decided to quarantine the same group (cohort) of the nursing home and examined whether residents and workers were infected.
◆ Chungbuk Eumseong Somang Hospital also has 30 additional people… Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital attention to serial infection
In Chungbuk Eumseong Somang Hospital, an additional 30 confirmed cases occurred. These are people who have been hospitalized in Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital where Corona 19 has occurred since the 15th and had been treated in the ward where there were six patients who returned to this hospital. On the 17th, six confirmed cases were also found in this hospital. As a result, the number of confirmed patients in this hospital increased to 36.
According to Eumseong-gun on the 19th, 30 patients (26) and caregivers (4) in this hospital were confirmed for Corona 19 the night before. The spread of Corona 19 here seems to be highly likely to be a chain infection linked to Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital. This hospital is a treatment facility for long-term hospitalization for mentally ill patients. Eight of the confirmed cases (2 were classified as confirmed at Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital) were recently admitted to or received treatment at the partner hospital, Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital. Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital is a cooperating institution that is visited when hospitalized patients at Eumseong Somang Hospital need external medical treatment such as internal medical diseases or fractures.
Mr. A, who was confirmed as confirmed on the 15th, was hospitalized at Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital, treated for a fracture, and then discharged from the hospital and received a corona 19 diagnostic test. However, before the test results came out, he returned to Somang Hospital and stayed for about 5 hours before being confirmed. The quarantine authorities believe that Mr. A played a role in the chain infection of Somang Hospital.
At Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital, two patients, including Mr. A, were confirmed on the 15th, and 22 confirmed cases by the 17th. Goesan St. Mary’s Hospital was also isolated from the same group on the 15th.
◆ Difficulties in securing vaccines… Corona patients die one after another due to lack of beds
Amid controversy over the uncertainty of the Korean government’s vaccine securing schedule, the shortage of hospital beds became a fire that fell across the country. After receiving the confirmation of Corona 19, there are successive cases of deaths in hospitals or in nursing hospitals, etc. Three confirmed patients died one after another while waiting for bed assignment at the Bucheon Nursing Hospital, and more than 250 people were waiting for bed in Gyeonggi-do alone. In addition, most of them are severely ill and require formal hospitalization, but due to the lack of beds, patients are unable to receive proper treatment.
In consideration of the situation in which the three-stage standard (over 800 to 1,000 people nationwide, or if there is a rapid increase such as doubling), which is the highest level of `social distancing`, the government has started to adjust detailed quarantine guidelines with internal review. Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said at the Corona 19 Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting held at the government office in Seoul on the 19th, “We should spend the end of the year quietly for each other’s safety this year.” Prime Minister Jung said, “From next weekend, the Christmas and New Year holidays will continue for two weeks in a row.” “If it’s like usual, we have a lot of meetings and events while spending the year in an excited atmosphere, but this year I will first protect the health and safety of important people With the thought of giving, I hope you spend the year-end and New Year holidays, “the body is far away, but the heart is closer.”
In particular, they expressed concern about the collective infection of religious facilities and ski resorts. Prime Minister Jeong said, “Before Christmas, the number of confirmed cases from religious facilities has increased five times compared to two weeks ago.” Please keep it.” Regarding the crowds of the ski resort, “The ski resort often queues up or crowds, making it difficult to keep a distance, and the so-called’season room’, a shared accommodation, has a very high risk of infection due to the nature of an unspecified number of people in a small space, and it is not easy to understand the status In fact, he called for attention, saying that it was a’quarantine blind spot’.
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