Chinanews.com, Seoul, July 6 (Reporter Zeng Nai) South Korea has repeatedly suffered from an epidemic in recent days. Officials warned of "an increasing number of unknown infection routes" and adopted a series of measures to strictly control the epidemic.
The epidemic in the metropolitan area continues to spread to many places
The epidemic in South Korea slowed down in April, but since June, there have been frequent infections in the metropolitan area, including Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province, causing the epidemic to rebound. According to the report of the Central Ministry of Epidemic Prevention of Korea, as of 0:00 on the 6th, a total of 13,137,000 cases were diagnosed, 48 cases were added in the past 24 hours, and 24 cases were local community infections.
In addition to the continuous increase of cases in the metropolitan area, the epidemic has gradually spread outward, and small-scale collective infections have occurred in the Chungcheong Province area, North Jeolla Province, and South Jeolla Province. As of the 6th statistics, the collective infection in a temple in Gwangju has spread to nursing homes, business institutions, churches and other places, and has caused at least 80 people to be diagnosed. Collective infections have also occurred in marketing companies and schools in Datian City.
At the press conference on the 6th, the copy minister of the Central Accident Handling Division of South Korea, King Kong Li, said that since mid-June, local infections have increased, and there have been frequent clustered infections in many places, and there has been a nationwide spread trend. He said that the central government and local governments will do their utmost to curb the spread of the epidemic.
He said that most of the infected areas did not abide by the government's anti-epidemic guidelines, requiring relevant agencies to take corresponding measures, and the public restricting social activities to prevent the outbreak of the epidemic.
South Korea has repeatedly suffered from epidemics in recent days, and the official warned that "the way of infection is unknown". The picture shows a South Korean citizen walking through Seoul Plaza. Zeng Nashe
Cases of unknown infection increase official warnings "second epidemic"
South Korea moved from the “social distance period” to the “life epidemic prevention stage” on May 6th. There are no more than 50 new cases per day, and the infection rate is less than 5%. These are the criteria for entering the life epidemic prevention stage.
Recently, although the number of newly confirmed local cases has not exceeded 50 in a single day, more than 60 new cases have been added in a single day from July 3 to 5. From June 19 to July 3, of the 661 cases diagnosed within two weeks, about 12% of the diagnosed patients had unknown routes of infection. Public opinion called for South Korea to return to the "strict period of social distance".
South Korean officials once again "tightened their nerves." In the second half of June, Zheng Yinjing, head of the South Korean Central Epidemic Prevention Headquarters, said that the capital area is experiencing the "second wave of epidemic" and requires all sectors to prepare for a long-term epidemic.
Kim Gang-li, Minister of Copy of the Central Ministry of Accident Handling, said that the route of infection is unknown. He said that although the epidemic is under control and does not exceed the load of the medical system, the situation of epidemic prevention and control is grim. Sporadic small-scale infections are repeated, showing a tendency to spread. If the epidemic spreads widely, it will be difficult to control.
Prevention and control measures have gradually tightened. From the end of May, a two-week social distance measure was launched in the metropolitan area. Some public facilities that were restarted were shut down again, and the performance of the national art group was suspended. In June, the metropolitan area continued to increase prevention and control efforts, and the National Museum and other institutions continued to shut down indefinitely.
From July 1st, South Korea requires that people enter and exit entertainment venues, karaoke and other epidemic "high-risk places", must scan code authentication. In order to prevent people from gathering, the government of Jonglu District in Seoul has recently banned the holding of rallies in the Japanese Embassy in South Korea. As the relationship between South Korea and Japan has deteriorated, a large number of South Korean people have often gathered in the area of the Japanese Embassy in South Korea to hold events. Prior to this, every Wednesday, a civil society group of victims of "comfort women" also met here.
On July 6, the South Korean government of Jeollanam-do announced that it would strengthen restrictions on maintaining social distances, including prohibiting indoor gathering activities of more than 50 people, prohibiting outsiders from visiting nursing homes, and shutting down some public facilities. Jin Yinglu, Governor of Jeollanam-do said that the epidemic situation in Gwangju and other places is spreading rapidly, and the number of local cases is increasing. It is difficult to control by taking basic anti-epidemic measures. (Finish)