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number of additional confirmed cases has been around 5,000 for the third day. The authorities have repeatedly emphasized the need for a third dose, saying that people over 60 can be vaccinated without prior reservation.



Reporter Lee Joo-sang will tell you about this.



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After a caregiver was first confirmed on the 2nd at Kyungpook National University Hospital in Daegu, 14 people including patients and guardians were group infected.



The hospital decided to quarantine most of its close contacts, including 63 inpatients who tested negative, in the same group until the 12th.



As the number of confirmed cases recorded around 5,000 for the third day, visits to each screening clinic continued.



[Office worker: I was contacted suddenly and tested for corona, because I was a close contact… All the staff came out



and started

testing.]

Along with the increase in the number of confirmed cases, the number of patients with severe cases is also the highest every day.



Among the total critically ill patients, the elderly aged 60 years or older accounted for 82.9%, indicating that the vaccination effect has decreased since more than three months have passed since the completion of the vaccination.



[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: Seniors over the age of 60, please be sure to receive the third dose. If you are over the age of 60, you can get vaccinated by visiting a nearby hospital or clinic without prior reservation.] The



shortage of beds is also serious.



The utilization rate of critically ill beds in the metropolitan area has reached 90%, and there are several cases of transfers to nearby non-metropolitan hospitals as they are virtually saturated.



[Chungbuk National University Hospital official: s only severe beds 3 beds crabs in hospital beds remain quasi If Receive 70% of hospital beds in the capital of beds to receive Chungbuk patients'm not just 1]



Government metropolitan area by next month on the 13th Although we are openly recruiting one hospital specializing in infectious diseases, we are having difficulties in preparing beds to accommodate critically ill patients and recruiting medical staff.



(Video coverage: Kim Yu-chan CJB, Kim Nam-yong TBC, video editing: Lee So-young, CG: Lee Jong-jeong)