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number of critically ill patients with Corona 19 has increased to 38. The health authorities saw that the number of critically ill patients would increase by this weekend, and began securing hospital beds at university hospitals, but voices were also voiced that the number of beds should be increased, centering on the hospitals dedicated to the base.

This is Nam Joo-hyun.

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Today (25th) A life treatment center in Seoul.

Mild patients in protective clothing are admitted on foot.

In three life treatment centers in Seoul, the bed utilization rate soared to around 90%, and 1,000 people were admitted to life treatment centers nationwide.

Health authorities send patients to life treatment centers except those who have a cough, sore throat, chills, decreased consciousness, or have hospitalization factors such as difficulty breathing.

This is to secure the intensive care beds as much as possible.

[Jeon Jae-Hyun/National Medical Center Infectious Internal Medicine Specialist: Patients who have finished treatment for critically ill patients do not have a good bed. Because regular beds are being filled by people who do not need inpatient treatment.] As of

yesterday, with only 7 critically ill treatment beds left, the health officials believed that the number of critically ill patients would peak this weekend and secured 51 additional beds at Seoul National University Hospital. .

However, in the medical field, it is highly likely that an average of 300 to 400 critically ill patients per day will be handled in the future, and the treatment of critically ill patients other than coronavirus is also important, saying that it opposes the policy of health authorities to secure university hospital beds first.

[Gwaksanghyeon / for ICU President of the society: stronghold dedicated to install the facilities and equipment to hospital beds convertible critically ill indeed in the hospital, and suggests that you have wards through the supply of external staff;

social distancing three steps to upgrade or vaccine It is also predicted that development alone will not be able to prevent the recurrence of Corona 19.

[Myung-Don Oh/Chairman of the Central Clinical Committee for New Infectious Diseases: There is no guarantee that a safe and effective vaccine will be released. Lockdown (restriction of movement) is not a long-term solution.] At the

moment, the best prevention is to adhere to basic quarantine rules such as wearing a mask and keeping a distance of 2 meters.

(Video coverage: Park Seung-won and Park Hyun-cheol, Video editing: Jo Moo-hwan)