China News Service, March 12th. Korean media reported on the 12th that while there are still more than 300 to 400 confirmed cases of new crowns in South Korea in a single day, in addition to the original mutant new crown viruses found in the United Kingdom, South Africa and Brazil, South Korea The epidemic prevention authorities also confirmed that there have been more than 70 cases of mutated virus infections found in other countries in the country, of which 71 were cases of mutated new coronavirus infections found in the United States.

On March 4th, local time, at Incheon Airport in South Korea, airline staff checked passenger epidemic prevention certificates.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai

　　According to Korea Broadcasting International (KBS), the Korean epidemic prevention authorities have confirmed that 68 cases of mutated new coronaviruses found in California in the United States have been infected in South Korea.

Infected with 3 cases of mutated new coronavirus discovered in New York.

In addition, 4 cases of mutated new coronaviruses discovered in the United Kingdom and Nigeria were infected.

　　The above-mentioned cases all appeared after December 2020. It is currently unclear whether the transmission capacity of these mutant new coronaviruses and whether it affects the effect of the new coronavirus vaccine.

There are also concerns that the mutated new crown virus may trigger a new round of pandemic in South Korea.

　　South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 12th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had newly confirmed 488 new cases of new crowns compared with 0:00 the previous day, with a total of over 94,000 confirmed cases.

South Korean Prime Minister Ding Shijun said that the government has decided to extend the current social distancing measures that ended on the 14th for another two weeks, and said that it will continue to prohibit gatherings of more than five people.

　　Ding Shijun said that the number of newly confirmed cases in a single day has been maintained at 300 to 400 for 8 consecutive weeks, and the epidemic has not improved significantly. If you relax your vigilance in this situation, your previous efforts will be abandoned.

Although we know that the people are tired from implementing social distancing measures for a long time, if the spreading trend cannot be reversed, the epidemic will spread again. I hope the people will understand.

　　Ding Shijun also said that the next two weeks will be designated as a special countermeasure period, and the epidemic prevention situation in places such as public facilities and foreign labor-intensive workplaces will be intensively inspected.