Chinanews, November 19th, a comprehensive report, since South Korea began to implement the "coexistence with the new crown virus" model on November 1, the domestic epidemic has continued to spread.
On the 19th local time, South Korea’s Minister of Administration and Security Jeon Haechul stated that the number of new confirmed cases of new crowns in a single day has exceeded 3,000 for three consecutive days. The epidemic prevention department will increase the number of beds dedicated to the new crown and restart the inter-departmental special inspection from the 22nd. Mission work.
Data map: On November 18, 2021 local time, the Korean college entrance examination began.
The picture shows the entrance of Seoul Gyeongbok High School. Candidates ran into the examination room.
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According to reports, on the 19th local time, South Korea’s Minister of Administration and Security Jeon Hae-che said at a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters that recently, the number of single-day confirmed cases of new crowns in all age groups has increased, among which, those under 18 and over 60. The total population accounted for more than 50%.
There are more than 490 severe cases, of which people over 60 years old account for the highest proportion.
He said that the epidemic prevention department is working hard to ease the pressure on hospital beds in the metropolitan area, and plans to add designated hospitals and designated treatment hospitals for infectious diseases as soon as possible, and increase the number of hospital beds respectively.
In addition, he also said that from the 22nd, a 4-week inter-departmental special inspection will be launched to control the continuous increase in new cases in a single day.
The working group will check whether the places where the confirmed cases of the new crown appear and where the cluster infection occurs are in compliance with the epidemic prevention rules.
The report pointed out that as of 5 pm on the 17th, the occupancy rate of new crown intensive care beds in the South Korean capital is approaching 80%, of which the occupancy rate in Seoul has exceeded 80%.
Experts say that the shortage of intensive care beds and medical staff in South Korea is getting worse.
The government should initiate an emergency response and suspend the relaxation of epidemic prevention restrictions.
The Ministry of Health of South Korea also warned that if the epidemic develops in this trend, it will not be able to advance the plan to lift the epidemic prevention restrictions.
According to the report of the South Korean Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters on the 19th, as of 0:00 on the same day, there were 3,034 new confirmed cases of new crowns compared with the previous day.
There are currently 499 critically ill patients, approaching the government's controllable range of 500 cases.