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emergency like now, it is most important to efficiently use limited medical resources and to prioritize treatment well. So, the government also made Corona patients with no symptoms or mild symptoms to be treated at home.



Reporter Kim Deok-hyun will tell you about it.



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A woman in her 20s who lives in Seoul.



Yesterday (7th) morning, after 30 hours had passed since I was confirmed, I was late to receive notification of health management guidelines and at-home treatment.



[A's family member: if that is who you should be in this there Vertigo while eating antipyretics in the house minutes you have any age or underlying disease urgently taken to the hospital so left seems to be some problem -



home-treated patients is one month New Yes As they more than doubled, the burden of managing them also increased.



The government has taken steps to improve the current home treatment system.



First of all, it was decided to additionally deploy home treatment administrative personnel and increase the number of managed medical institutions to the level of local clinics.



[Choi Jong-gyun / Head of Home Treatment Team, Central Accident Remediation Headquarters: This has been reflected in next year's labor budget so that additional administrative personnel can be deployed. So that they can be hired early... .] The



monitoring period was also shortened to one week to reduce the burden on medical institutions.



We will also expand support for in-home caregivers.



If at-home care is subject to the quarantine pass, such as those who have completed inoculation, they receive an additional living support fee of up to 480,000 won depending on the number of households.



For a family of four, it is 1.36 million won.



The quarantine period for family members living together has been reduced from 10 days to 7 days, and from the 8th day onwards, they can go to work or school.



From next week, a dedicated emergency medical center will also start operating for home healers to receive emergency care.



[Park Hyun-kyung / Director of Emergency Medical Center at Seoul Medical Center: If an emergency occurs during home treatment, it is difficult to enter other emergency centers just because you are a COVID-19 patient, so we can take action as soon as possible…

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From next year, the government is also planning to provide oral treatment for elderly at-home care.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Jo Moo-hwan)



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