China News Service, February 17. According to a report by Korea Radio International, the South Korean government held a meeting of the Daily Life Recovery Support Committee on the morning of the 17th to evaluate the response system of the Omicron mutant strain.

  According to the report, Zheng Yinjing, director of the Department of Disease Management, said at the meeting that due to the New Year and the spread of Omikron, the number of confirmed cases more than doubled from the previous week, and critical cases and deaths also began to increase.

Zheng Yinjing also said that the uncertainty about the peak period and scale of the epidemic is high, and it is necessary to carry out stable management to ensure the operation of the medical system and basic social and economic functions.

  It is reported that the South Korean government has stated that it is exploring plans to partially relax the current epidemic prevention measures, but with the number of new cases exceeding 90,000 for two consecutive days, the government has begun to be cautious.

At present, South Korea allows up to 6 people to have private gatherings, and the business hours are up to 9 pm.

  In addition, self-employed and small industrial and commercial households have requested to lift the restrictions on business hours, but experts warned that the current round of epidemics has not yet reached its peak, and it is extremely risky to relax epidemic prevention measures at this time.

The government will comprehensively consider various factors such as epidemic prevention, social and economic losses, and announce the adjustment plan for maintaining social distancing measures on the 18th.

  As of 0:00 on the 17th, there were 93,135 new confirmed cases of the new crown in South Korea, and the number of new cases in a single day exceeded 90,000 for two consecutive days.

The number of critical cases was 389, an increase of 76 cases from the 16th, and more than 300 cases for four consecutive days.