China News Service, November 24. Three weeks after South Korea began implementing the "phased restoration of daily life" epidemic prevention model, the situation of the new crown epidemic continued to deteriorate.
According to comprehensive Korean media reports, a few days ago, the South Korean government released an evaluation report that pointed out that the new crown epidemic in the metropolitan area has reached the most dangerous level.
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Fuqian said that it is necessary to speed up the intensive vaccination work.
Data map: People are waiting outside the temporary screening station near the subway station of Gangnam Samseong Station in Seoul, South Korea.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai
According to reports, a few days ago, the Korean Disease Management Agency first released the risk assessment of the new crown epidemic, showing that the national average risk of South Korea is "high" and the risk of the capital area is "extremely high", and the epidemic situation is more severe than predicted.
According to the report, only two weeks ago, when the epidemic prevention mode of "recovering daily life in stages" was started, the risk of the new crown epidemic in South Korea's capital area was still "medium", and the country was "very low". Compared with this, the situation of South Korea's new crown epidemic has deteriorated sharply. .
According to Korea Radio International, the scale of new confirmed cases of new crowns in South Korea increased by nearly 26% in a week.
The daily average of critically ill patients increased for three consecutive weeks.
The opening rate of COVID-19 beds for critically ill patients is about 70%, and that in Seoul is close to 85%.
Data map: A citizen of Seoul, South Korea, passes by Seoul Plaza.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Zeng Nai
On the other hand, reports pointed out that the South Korean government will vaccinate people aged 18 to 49 with a booster in the first half of 2022.
At present, the Korean government is committed to intensive vaccination for the elderly and high-risk groups.
Prior to this, the South Korean government has decided to shorten the interval between the inoculation of the booster vaccination for the residents of nursing hospitals and nursing facilities to four months.
South Korean Prime Minister Kim Fuqian pointed out that in the past two weeks, more than 80% of the confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the age of 60 have completed the entire vaccination process. At the same time, this also reflects the sudden drop in the vaccination effect. Therefore, it is necessary to accelerate the vaccination. Carry out intensified vaccination work.
In addition, a few days ago, students from South Korea’s metropolitan area returned to school in an all-round way, and he also urged students to also actively vaccinate against the new crown.
South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on the 24th that as of midnight on the same day, South Korea had 4,116 new confirmed cases of new crowns compared to midnight on the previous day, and the number of new cases in a single day exceeded 4,000 for the first time, the highest value since the outbreak in South Korea.