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Let's analyze more with medical reporter Cho Dong-chan.

Q. The current situation in the metropolitan area is worse than the group infection in Daegu?

[Cho Dong-chan / Medical reporter (specialist): Looking back on last February and March, it was a pandemic in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, but it was not so nationally. If one patient infects less than one other person, it is controlled, but otherwise, it spreads. At that time, one patient infected 0.56 people nationwide, but in Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, one patient infected up to 3.5 people. If 270 confirmed cases yesterday (15th) are assumed to infect 3 people, it is calculated that more than 8,000 additional confirmed cases will appear in the metropolitan area by August 31st. To prevent this from happening, the government has increased social distancing. However, the average incubation period for Corona 19 is 5 days, and this effect will only appear after 5 days, so it is likely to increase to some extent until this weekend.]

Q. A specific church What is the meaning of the central surge and the quarantine perspective?

[Cho Dong-chan / Medical reporter (specialist): The number of patients is increasing, centering on a specific church, and we need to reflect on and correct it. However, from the perspective of the quarantine authorities, epidemiological investigations are easier than so-called'blinking' infections where the source of infection is unknown, so early evolution may be possible if the church cooperates and the authorities put all their efforts.]

Q. Corona 19 resurgence, the reason ?

[Cho Dong-chan/medical journalist (specialist): "There was something to come, but it came a little faster." This is what experts say, because social distancing is about delaying a group infection for a certain period of time, but not preventing it at all. It is important to slow down the speed of our medical system to the extent that our medical system can handle it until a vaccine or treatment is released.]

Q. Are there any problems with securing beds?

[Cho Dong-chan/medical journalist (specialist): If the surge in patients is controlled by this weekend, the bed is spared, but if it continues until next week, it doesn't seem like that. In Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon, there are 404 life treatment centers for mild patients, 858 wards for intermediate patients, and 98 beds for severely ill patients. Experts say it is most urgent to secure more life treatment centers for patients with mild symptoms so that hospitals can focus on severe patients.]