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Let's talk to Cho, Dong-chan, a medical journalist.

Q. What are the meanings of the seven serious patients highlighted by the health authorities?

[Cho Dong-chan / Medical Reporter (Professional): At the morning expert meeting today (21st), it was discussed that the number of serious patients is more important than the number of confirmed patients. If the number of patients increases, the treatment bed will be insufficient. It's already happening in Daegu. However, if the corona 19 patient bed is increased to infinity, other urgent patients, such as cancer and heart disease, will be in danger. So we need to calculate the appropriate number of beds, the most important variable being the number of severe patients. The number of patients is important, but the clinical course of severe patients is also important. This is because a longer period of time when a severe patient does not release germs, that is, a long period of time before others become infected, requires more beds.]

Q. What is the outlook for Daegu and Gyeongbuk?

[Jo Dong-chan / medical journalist (specialist): Today, Daegu and Gyeongbuk increased 83 people, 77 of whom were related to the Shinchonji Church. Among experts, there is an analysis that tomorrow is not surprising even if dozens of patients in Daegu and Gyeongbuk are unrelated to the Sinchonji Church. To what extent is Corona 19 contagious? It is estimated that there are about 10 times as many patients as diagnosed. If 170 patients were diagnosed in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, the actual number of patients is estimated to be 1,700 when the worst is assumed. No way. In Daegu and Gyeongbuk, early diagnosis, early quarantine, and early treatment are now a priority, rather than epidemiological investigation, and it is important to secure quarantine beds. Other areas should be prepared for Pendemic, a regional pandemic, but not yet, and epidemiological investigations should be the first priority.]

Q. Are Daegu and Gyeongbuk enough beds?

[Cho Dong-chan / medical journalist (specialist): Daegu Medical Center, Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital is discharging or transferring to other hospitals and preparing as a bed for corona 19. I think. So today, a team of experts at the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that it is urgent to find a hospital in Gangwon-do. The expert member who informed me is that the opinion of the Centers for Disease Control is medically correct. The Ministry of Health and Welfare considers the economic and political situation of each region carefully and considers it carefully, but the political judgment of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be reviewed quickly in order not to be practical in an infectious disease disaster.]