The government has decided to expand the drug target for COVID-19 edible medicines from the current 65 years old and older to those 60 years old and older.
In addition, we are expanding what was currently only supplied to home therapists and living treatment centers to nursing hospitals, nursing facilities, and hospitals dedicated to infectious diseases.
Prime Minister Bu-gyeom Kim said at a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Corona 19) presided over at the government complex in Seoul on the 21st, saying, "We will try some changes in the existing medical response system to more effectively respond to Omicron." Introduced the reform plan.
Prime Minister Kim said, "We will introduce a rapid antigen test method that allows self-diagnostic tests to be introduced to screening clinics."
He said, "We will first apply the model for converting the examination and treatment system centered on local hospitals and hospitals to some areas where Omicron is rapidly increasing."
The government also decided to strengthen immigration control by requiring rapid antigen testing in addition to the existing PCR test in the quarantine process after entry to reduce the number of confirmed cases imported from abroad, and shortening the validity period of the quarantine exemption letter from 1 month to 14 days. .