(Fighting new crown pneumonia) South Korea epidemic "little rebound" Daegu reproduces collective infection
China News Agency, Seoul, March 21 (Reporter Zeng Zheng) As of 0:00 on the 21st local time, the cumulative number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in South Korea has reached 8,799. As a result of collective infection in a nursing home in Daegu, there has been a "small rebound" in patient growth.
Since March 10, the number of new cases in South Korea has gradually decreased, and the number of new cases in a single day has been less than 100 in 4 days this week. According to the report of the Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasure Department of South Korea, from 0:00 on the 20th to 0:00 on the 21st, 147 new cases were confirmed in South Korea.
Yoon Tae-ho, head of the epidemic prevention department of the Central Accident Management Headquarters of South Korea, told a press conference on the 21st that 109 of the new cases occurred in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do, mainly due to collective infections in a local nursing home and other institutions, many of which were elderly patients. Basic diseases. Daegu and Gyeongbuk are the worst areas in South Korea, and they have been classified as "special disaster areas".
Yin Taihao said that the sanatorium is a place at high risk of the epidemic and will adopt stricter management measures for such institutions. He said that the investigation found that some nursing homes had difficulties in quarantine, etc. The government plans to provide financial support to them and distribute epidemic prevention materials to workers.
In addition, 31 cases were added within 24 hours of Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi-do in the metropolitan area, and many more were imported overseas. Yin Taihao said that neocoronary pneumonia may still cause illness or death at an early stage and is a serious infectious disease. As the epidemic spreads globally, prevention and control will be a long-term task. (Finish)