Governor Lee Jae-myeong of Governor of Gyeonggi Province today (4th), regarding the situation of coronavirus infection-19 (corona19), said, "We have built a breakwater to prevent the waves, but now we are expecting a tsunami that cannot be handled as a breakwater." "It is time to prepare for the mind and make a practical contrast."

"In spite of the unprecedented response of the quarantine authorities, the infection rate is too fast," said the governor in a message to the people on Facebook.

He said, "With a rapid and strong initial response, we are somewhat successful in pressing the graph, but it is neither possible nor successful to contain the infection in Korea only in the epidemic of epidemics worldwide." "It has been recognized by the world that it has prevented the spread of infection and delayed the rapid outbreak of infection, but in the global era, the international environment will never allow a nightmare."

"If we are doing our best, but we can't avoid a crash, we should reduce the impact strength by soft landing rather than a hard landing and minimize the damage by preparing appropriate measures in advance." I did.

"We do not deny and avoid the expected infection explosion, but the last Borough administration should always prepare for the worst," he said. "For the time being, we cannot avoid forced cohabitation with Corona 19 until treatment drugs and vaccines are developed. And if the medical system works well, we can end our cohabitation without serious harm. ”

In preparation for the worst, Gyeonggi-do began to rebuild the medical system, including securing three times the number of critically ill patients, and to prepare for measures such as minimizing economic damage and stabilizing people's lives.

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