The government has decided not to raise the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) crisis alert to its highest level of severity, but to maintain its current boundary.

We continued to recognize the situation that we believe it is the early stages of the spread of community infections in some limited areas, while the risk factors for corona 19 inflows continue.

Kim Kang-pip, deputy general manager of the Central Accident and Welfare Division, said at a regular briefing at the Government Complex Sejong on the 22nd. “The government is currently focusing on a large number of patients in some areas such as Daegu, Gyeongbuk, and Qingdao. "We have confirmed the spread of infectious diseases in the community, including the unidentified patients."

"To sum up these facts, we believe that community infection transmission has begun in some limited areas and that Daegu and Gyeongbuk are special situations." "We are conducting intensive quarantine management."

The heavy book decided to maintain the current 'border' during the crisis warning phase.

Kim said, "Upgrading to a serious stage was triggered once during the 2009 H1N1 flu." At the serious stage, it means switching to an anti-defective response system to deal with the spread of infectious diseases nationwide.

"The government believes that this is the initial stage of the spread of community outbreaks in some limited areas, while the risks of corona 19 inflows continue," he said.

Deputy general manager Kim said, “It is still an important task to block foreign inflows at the quarantine stage, and it is still an effective time to establish an anti-proliferation network that controls all the epidemiological investigations and isolates the contacts for confirmed patients.” I added.

As of 9:00 am, there were a total of 346 confirmed Korean corona19 and two of them died.

The official confirmation increased by 142 from the previous day, but more than 142 confirmed by local governments.

Many of the new applicants are found in the link between Daegu Sincheonji Daegu Church and Qingdao Daenam Hospital. In fact, there are patients in the nation, as there are confirmed patients in Busan and Daejeon.