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Corona 19 spreading rapidly, the medical community entered a third strike. This time, doctors of majors started a series of strikes, demanding the government to withdraw its policy to increase the number of medical schools.

This is reporter Song In-ho.

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interns training at the general hospital and the 4th year resident doctors started strike from the morning of today (21st).

Tomorrow, three-year residents, and the day after tomorrow, one-year and second-year residents will join the strike.

Emergency medicine majors are all on strike indefinitely, regardless of their years of education.

This is the third time for a group strike in the medical community, following the group suspension on the 7th and the first general strike of the Medical Association on the 14th.

Major general hospitals in Seoul said they are minimizing patient discomfort by adjusting the surgery schedule and introducing alternative personnel in preparation for a major strike.

However, it is known that the number of majors has decreased slightly than usual, so the number of outpatients has decreased slightly, and the number of surgeries has decreased slightly.

The turnaround is expected to be after the day after the day when all annual majors go on strike.

The government said that it is difficult to justify the enforcement of a group closure with the guarantee of the lives and safety of the people in a situation where Corona 19 is rapidly spreading around the metropolitan area.

At the same time, he expressed his intention to talk to the medical community.

[Kim Kang-rip/Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters 1st Coordinator: If we stop collective action, we plan to open all possibilities and discuss sincerely and sincerely.

The Korean Medical Association also announced that it will hold the strike until the government first withdraws policies such as expanding medical school quotas, and that it will hold the second general strike for three days from the 26th.