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number of corona19 confirmed cases, which exceeded 1,000 for five days in a row, decreased slightly to 926.
However, the spread has not been curtailed, so authorities believe the number of confirmed cases could increase to 1,200 per day next week.
The authorities today (22nd) announce another special quarantine measures for the year-end and New Year holidays.
This is Jang Se-man.
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Ahead of Christmas and the New Year holidays, special quarantine measures will be announced today.
It is interpreted with the intention of blocking the infection chain through meetings and events, and preventing only the three-stage upgrade, which has large social and economic losses.
[Sae-gyun Jeong/Prime Minister: Adjusting the distance step must be carefully prepared, but it should be the last card.
First of all, special quarantine measures are required for nursing hospitals, etc., which have been recently identified as vulnerable facilities.] The number of
new corona19 confirmed patients fell below 1,000 in six days, but the positive rate, which remained around 2% last week, was 3rd. It has risen again to the% level.
If 100 people are examined, 3 people have been confirmed.
The quarantine authorities diagnosed the situation as a serious situation, although the increase in distance has been implemented since the 8th, which has prevented further surges to some extent.
[Jung Eun-kyung/Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The reproductive index of infection is about 1.28, and if the number of confirmed cases is predicted, it is expected that between 1,000 and 1,200 will occur next week.]
Through an administrative order, the government shortened the preemptive inspection cycle for vulnerable facilities such as nursing hospitals from 2 weeks to 1 week in the metropolitan area and 4 weeks to 2 weeks in the non-metropolitan area, and banned private meetings after work.