Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom announced today (7th) in relation to the Corona 19 response, "Next week, an oral treatment (oral treatment) will come into Korea."
Prime Minister Kim made this announcement at a meeting of the Corona 19 Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters presided over at the government complex in Seoul today, and said, "I will prepare it for use in the medical field as soon as possible."
The government has so far signed purchase contracts with Pfizer for a total of 762,000 people and Merck & Company (MSD) for a total of 1004,000 people, including a total of 242,000 people. Description.
The introduction date is expected to be around the 13th, and the government is planning to announce specific usage plans within the next week.
Prime Minister Kim also emphasized that "to deal with micron mutation, which spreads very quickly, the current quarantine system must be completely innovated in terms of speed and efficiency."
Prime Minister Kim introduced, "We will set the priority of diagnostic tests and consider ways to quickly test by PCR (gene amplification) test method, starting with the people who are most likely to be infected."
In addition, regarding the court's partial citation of the suspension of the 'juvenile quarantine pass', "If the confusion and conflict surrounding the quarantine pass prolongs, eventually the people will suffer." do," he said.