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Korea, if the current trend continues, the number of critically ill could increase to 1,300, and more than 50 people die from Corona in a day, a study has found. It was predicted by the National Medical Center, and it was analyzed that the elderly, in particular, who are less effective in preventing vaccinations, are more at risk.



Reporter Park Soo-jin reported exclusively.



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is a nursing facility in Nowon-gu, Seoul.



Since the first two employees tested positive on the 9th (the 9th), 19 people have been confirmed so far, and 15 are the breakthrough infections.



Recently, group infections are centered around nursing hospitals and facilities, and the source of infection is often employees who go outside.



[A Nursing Hospital Official: With Weed (Corona), now there is one caregiver, we have one night watch guard, and now three people have caught it in a month... .] The



fatality rate, which was 0.69% last month, has risen to 0.78% after a phased recovery.



In terms of age, the number of those in their 50s and younger decreased, but the number of those in their 60s and older increased with age.



Based on the vaccination rate by age group, the National Medical Center predicted that the trend of the severity and fatality rate for the past week would continue for more than 10 days. has been shown to increase up to



This is more than three times the number of 16 deaths on average in the last week.



In particular, it is predicted that more than half of the deaths in the elderly aged 80 and over.



The National Medical Center, in charge of the study, explained in an interview with SBS that it is important to receive booster vaccinations as soon as possible, including nursing hospitals and facilities with many breakthrough infections, as well as the general population aged 60 and over.



Other experts have similar opinions.



[Choejaeuk / KU preventive medicine professor: mutations the virus is spreading and mortality increases it does clearly show that, in this case (vaccination interval) six months, but 3 months is doejyo correct as soon as soon as]



quarantine authorities elderly vaccination He said that the effect is diminishing and that he will proceed with the booster vaccination as soon as possible.



(Video coverage: Kim Heung-sik, video editing: So Ji-hye, CG: Kim Jong-un, VJ: Shin So-young)