The daily increase in confirmed cases has returned to more than 300,000 cases in South Korea or further relaxation of epidemic prevention measures

　　China News Service, March 29. According to Korean media reports, on the 29th, the South Korean epidemic prevention department hinted that it will further relax social distancing measures.

On the other hand, the new crown epidemic in South Korea continues to be severe, with newly confirmed cases of new crowns returning to more than 300,000 in just one day.

A medical worker guides people waiting to be tested for the new coronavirus at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea, on March 17, local time.

　　According to the report, Sun Yinglai, head of the social strategy team of the Central Emergency Response Department of South Korea, said at a press conference on the 29th that considering the low fatality rate of the new coronavirus Omicron variant, it is not necessary to further strengthen the epidemic prevention response.

　　Sun Yinglai said that since the lifting of all social distancing measures at one time may lead to the rapid spread of the new crown epidemic, the epidemic prevention department has gradually relaxed epidemic prevention response measures since mid-February.

Although maintaining the current epidemic prevention and response measures is difficult to curb the current spread of the epidemic, the risk of the spread of the epidemic caused by the relaxation of epidemic prevention measures has been reduced.

　　He also said that it is particularly important to abide by the epidemic prevention rules by yourself at present, and called on the public to be vigilant and strictly abide by the epidemic prevention rules.

　　In addition, Sun Yinglai said that the Korean epidemic prevention department is seeking the opinions of the daily recovery support committee and the local government, and strives to finalize the adjustment plan for epidemic prevention response within this week.

　　On the other hand, South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters notified on the 29th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea added 347,554 new confirmed cases of new crown compared with 0:00 the previous day, with a total of 12,350,428 confirmed cases.

The number of confirmed cases in a single day increased by more than 160,000 compared with the previous day, and it returned to more than 300,000 in just the next day.