China News Service, April 19. According to Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters said on the 19th that there have been 2 cases of XE and 1 case of XM infected with the new coronavirus recombinant strain in South Korea recently.
The ministry said on the 12th that the first case of infection with the new coronavirus recombinant strain XL was found in South Korea.
On March 17, local time, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, people wear masks to prevent the new crown virus.
The South Korean epidemic prevention department said that although these cases had suspected symptoms in the early stage of infection, they did not show symptoms different from those of the existing virus, and they have all been released from isolation.
It is worth noting that since both the XE case and the XM case occurred in South Korea, the possibility that these two recombinant strains were naturally generated in the country cannot be ruled out.
The Korean epidemic prevention department also stated that considering that the World Health Organization (WHO) classifies recombinant strains such as XE and XM as generalized Omicron viruses, it is expected that their characteristics are basically similar to those of Omicron.
However, there is no analysis data on the transmission power of XE and XM and the severe rate of infection after infection, so the epidemic prevention department will continue to increase monitoring efforts.
From the 18th, South Korea has completely lifted the social distancing measures such as the business hours of public gathering places and the number of people at private gatherings.
However, the authorities will still maintain the public's obligation to wear masks.
South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters reported on the 19th that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had 118,504 new confirmed cases of new crowns and 130 new deaths compared with 0:00 the previous day.