Prime Minister Chung Se-gyun said today (17th), regarding corona19, "Please act as a thorough quarantine without being vigilant that there are fewer new confirmed persons right now."

Prime Minister Chung said at a meeting of the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters hosted by the Seoul Metropolitan Government Building today, "In April, the spread of corona19 infection has decreased significantly, but if you look at it, it feels like the tranquility of a storm eve."

Prime Minister Chung said, "The new confirmatory stayed in the 20s for 4 consecutive days until yesterday, and it was close to one digit except for the factor of foreign inflow." I can't erase the suspicion that it is an asymptomatic infection. "

The number of newly diagnosed patients who had recorded around 100 people at the end of last month fell to 20 people on the 13th, but the quarantine authorities are cautious because there are cases of unknown infection.

"It is true that the social distance has been loosened a lot because of the holiday season," said Prime Minister Chung.

Furthermore, he emphasized, "The impact of social contact, which has increased rapidly during the Easter and general elections, should also be respected."

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Chung said, "The world is interested and paying attention to our quarantine model, so-called 'K quarantine." "" For the support of overcoming Corona 19, promote various ways to share the K quarantine model with the world. " Ordered.

Prime Minister Chung said, "High-accuracy diagnostic kit, 'drive-through' and 'walk-through' tests that minimize face-to-face contact, self-diagnosis app utilization, introduction of a life treatment center to solve the problem of bed shortages, orderly national and national elections Not only developing countries but also developed countries are targeting 'benchmarking'.

"Corona 19 is a crisis faced by humanity all over the world, and it is characterized by the inability to be reassured if the overseas trend continues even if our situation stabilizes," said Prime Minister Chung. "Efforts to solve the problem through extensive international cooperation are important." Do it. "

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