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The biggest problem right now is that the spread of the corona virus has grown so much faster than the government expected that it has been pushed to a situation that is difficult to handle with our medical capabilities. As a result, the only card the government can rely on now is the expansion of home treatment, so the government is in principle providing home treatment unless symptoms are severe. However, as the number of cases complaining of anxiety and discomfort about this home treatment increased, the government came up with an improvement plan.



Correspondent Kim Deok-hyeon summarized the improvement proposals proposed by the government.



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A woman in her 20s who lives in Seoul.



On the morning of the 7th, I received a belated notification of health management guidelines and home treatment subjects 30 hours after I was confirmed.



[A's family living together: I think it would be a bit of a problem if people who are old or have an underlying disease and need to be rushed to the hospital are left unattended like this.]



Home treatment patients 4 in a month As the number more than doubled, the burden of managing them also increased.



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



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



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 the at-home treatment is subject to the quarantine pass, such as those who have completed inoculation, an additional living support fee of up to KRW 480,000 is received 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.



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