<Anchor> The
spread of COVID-19 is not slowing, with the number of new confirmed cases approaching 4,000 even on holidays. The number of severe cases and deaths is also recording the highest number of days, and concerns are growing about the 'Omicron' mutation that is spreading throughout South Africa.
Reporter Park Soo-jin reports.
<Reporter> There were
3,928 new confirmed cases of Corona 19 a day yesterday (27th).
3,893 cases were domestically infected, excluding 35 imported from abroad.
The number of severe cases reached 647, a new record for six consecutive days, and the number of deaths increased by 56, the highest since the Corona 19 incident.
In the metropolitan area, where the shortage of intensive care beds has become serious, 1,265 people have been waiting for more than one day.
As the number of breakthrough infections increases, and the proportion of severe cases in high-risk groups such as the elderly in particular increases, quarantine authorities are focusing on increasing the rate of booster vaccinations for high-risk groups.
[Gwondeokcheol / Secretary of Health and Human Services (March 26): In order to proceed in the usual recovery situation vaccination is absolutely necessary]
The government also expanded to more than a disinfectant pass 18 years of age, a valid primary vaccination in the prevention of epidemics Pass We are reviewing measures to strengthen quarantine, such as limiting it to six months after completion.
The quarantine authorities banned the entry of all foreigners from eight countries, including South Africa, from 00:00 today in order to prevent the inflow of the 'Omicron' mutation that is spreading in South Africa.
Regardless of whether or not they have been vaccinated, Koreans are quarantined in temporary living facilities for ten days and checked for infection through three PCR tests.