(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) South Korea's single-day increase in cases hits the highest value in 6 months
China News Service, Seoul, July 2 (Reporter Liu Xu) South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 2nd that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had newly confirmed 826 new cases of new coronary pneumonia compared with the previous day, with a total of 158,549 confirmed cases.
The number of new cases in a single day increased by 64 compared with the previous day, the highest value in 6 months, and the number of new cases in a single day exceeded 800 after a lapse of 6 months. Various indicators showed that the epidemic situation in the capital region and other places may be very high. Further deteriorated.
On May 7, South Korea's Incheon International Airport staff strictly implemented epidemic prevention measures.
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Fuqian issued a statement to the people that day, saying that the epidemic prevention work is facing a major crisis and needs to increase epidemic prevention efforts.
The government will consult closely with local governments, raise the level of epidemic prevention response at any time, and take additional effective epidemic prevention measures.
Jin Fuqian said that the proportion of confirmed cases in the metropolitan area exceeded 80% for three consecutive days. In addition, 90% of the cases of the "delta" variant with strong infection transmission were concentrated in the metropolitan area. Judging from the confirmed cases in the capital in the past week, The circle has reached the third level of the new version of the epidemic prevention measures.
Jin Fuqian said that the increase in the number of confirmed cases among young people with more activity is also worrying. He called on people to refrain from gatherings and gatherings, and to wear masks after being vaccinated.
Kwon Yuk, an official of South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters, said that according to the current trend, the number of confirmed cases is expected to increase substantially, and it is only a matter of time before the "delta" mutant virus spreads in the metropolitan area.
He urged people to be tested for the virus immediately if they develop suspicious symptoms and strictly abide by the anti-epidemic rules such as wearing masks and washing hands frequently.
The director of the Korean Disease Management Agency, Zheng Yinjing, also reminded that the current situation of epidemic prevention and control in the capital area is very severe.
If this spreading trend cannot be stopped, a large-scale epidemic is likely to occur.
Zheng Yinjing emphasized that in order to effectively prevent the epidemic from rebounding, it is necessary to strictly abide by the epidemic prevention rules, try to avoid unnecessary gatherings and dinners, and immediately undergo testing when there are suspected symptoms to cut off the transmission route in time.
The government will also further strengthen various testing and supervision work against variant viruses.
Starting from the 1st of this month, South Korea has implemented a new version of anti-epidemic response measures.
Business restrictions on public gathering places and restrictions on the number of people in private gatherings have been relaxed.
However, due to the deterioration of the epidemic prevention situation, the metropolitan area postponed the implementation of the new version of the epidemic prevention measures for a week.
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