<Anchor> The
number of new corona19 confirmed patients announced yesterday (28th) remained below 100 for the fourth day.
The quarantine authorities worry about the five-day holiday from tomorrow.
Even considering the health of the elderly, I repeatedly asked me to refrain from family gatherings and travel this year.
Reporter Kim Hyung-rae on the report.
<Reporter> On
the 25th, a 101-year-old man was diagnosed with Corona 19 in Gunpo, Gyeonggi Province.
Since then, six contacts, including three family members, were tested positive one after another, and it is believed that they were infected during a meal meeting with their families.
[Kwak Jin/Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters Patient Management Team Leader: It was not a meeting at a restaurant, but a meeting within the
family
.] The
quarantine authorities believe that such family meetings or trips are a risk factor for the re-proliferation of Corona 19 during the Chuseok holiday.
In particular, the simultaneous epidemic of COVID-19 and flu this fall and winter is the biggest concern.
There were three cases of simultaneous infection with Corona 19 and flu this year, identified by the quarantine authorities, and occurred in the Gyeongbuk area of Daegu at the end of last February.
It is necessary to resume full-scale vaccination of the free flu vaccine right away, but as the number of vaccinations that may be exposed to room temperature has increased to 400, currently only children under 12 years of age and pregnant women are being hit.
There has been one reported side effect of the vaccine for concern about exposure to room temperature.
[Yang Donggyo/Disease Management Office Medical Safety Prevention Bureau: I heard that there is pain in the area where the injection was taken.
The part of the pain is gradually being relieved...
.]
Even if the situation of Corona 19 worsens after Chuseok, and social distancing is upgraded to the highest level, the 3rd stage, the college entrance exam scheduled for December 3 will be held as scheduled.