China News Service, November 27. According to Korean media reports, South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters announced on the 27th that as of 0:00 local time, the country had newly confirmed 569 new cases of new coronary pneumonia, and a total of 32,887 confirmed cases.
South Korea has more than 500 new cases in a single day for two consecutive days, and the "third epidemic" of the new crown has officially begun in the country.
According to the report, the fact that there were more than 500 confirmed cases for two consecutive days that day, it was also after the "first pandemic" occurred in Daegu and North Gyeongsang Province in early March, nearly 9 months later.
The picture shows that in a conference center in Goyang City, Gyeonggi Province, personnel need to pass through the mobile temperature measurement and disinfection channel for epidemic prevention inspections.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai
Among the new cases that day, 525 were community infections and 44 were imported cases.
There was another death case, with a total of 516 deaths.
Unlike the first and second epidemics centered on specific groups or facilities, the third epidemic this time is rapidly spreading in various daily spaces such as families, acquaintance gatherings, workplaces, cram schools, saunas, and religious facilities. It's open.
Coupled with the large number of confirmed patients in both the metropolitan and non-capital regions, some people worry that the spreading trend will not be easily weakened in the short term.
On the same day, 16 cities and provinces in South Korea except Daegu had confirmed patients. There were more than 30 and 20 patients in Gyeongnam, Chungnam, Busan, and Jeonbuk respectively.
The South Korean government and infectious disease experts worry that if the current proliferation momentum cannot be curbed, more than 1,000 cases may be diagnosed in a single day.
South Korean Prime Minister Ding Shikyun said at a meeting on the new crown on the 27th that South Korea has officially begun to face the situation of the new crown spreading again.
He urged people to stay at home as much as possible and refrain from contact with people such as gatherings and dinners.
In addition, he also said that the epidemic prevention authorities will prepare adequate hospital beds in advance according to the situation of severely ill patients in various regions, so as to avoid the previous delay in treatment due to insufficient hospital beds.
On the other hand, Ding Shijun also stated that "it will take some time before it is effective."
He emphasized that we must not be blindly optimistic and overly pessimistic, and we must calmly judge the situation and respond flexibly and wittily.