Authorities "need to agree on how much to handle the number of confirmed patients in the process of 'With Corona'"

Jung Eun-kyung, director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (KCDC), said that social consensus is needed on how far to handle the new confirmed cases before switching to a 'with Corona', a step-by-step recovery of daily life.

Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyung said at an emergency briefing on the 25th, when the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Korea broke the record at 3,273, "We are considering the transition to Corona with the possibility that the number of confirmed cases will increase when the distance is relaxed to some extent. there," he said.

Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyung said, "With Corona, if the number of severe cases or deaths does not increase rapidly and occurs at an acceptable level within the medical system, we will ease the distance in stages, and the number of confirmed cases may continue to fluctuate in the process." There is a problem where we have to decide how much to bear with it and how to restore our daily life.”

Regarding the prospect that the transition to Weed Corona could be delayed due to the recent surge in new confirmed cases, Chung said, "The Corona 19 epidemic at the end of October, when 70% of the people have completed their second vaccination and some immunity is formed. “You have to judge the timing by looking at the situation,” he said.

Regarding the 'social distancing' phase that will be applied from the first week of October, Commissioner Jeong said, "I was expecting an increase in the number of confirmed cases when the amount of movement and contact between people increased during the Chuseok holiday." "The epidemic situation until next week and the number of confirmed cases,We will make a decision based on the medical response capacity,” he said.

In addition, he said, "We need to suppress the further spread of asymptomatic and mild infections infected during the holidays as much as possible next week, so that we can push ahead with a roadmap to a step-by-step recovery of daily life as scheduled, without strengthening the distance." We ask that you follow the basic quarantine rules during the week, next weekend, and the following holidays."

The current social distancing is scheduled to end on the 3rd of next month, and the government will announce a new distance adjustment plan to be applied after the end of the week next week.