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At the end of the year, the whole world has been enveloped in Corona again. As the Omicron mutation spread rapidly, the number of confirmed cases in the United States exceeded 440,000 a day, the UK recorded 130,000 and France also recorded 180,000. In most countries, the number of confirmed cases is changing every day, but the World Health Organization has warned that a very dangerous level continues. In Korea, 109 cases of omicron mutations were confirmed, the highest number ever on a daily basis. I am even more concerned as the number of cases where it is unknown where the infection originated is increasing. From tomorrow (30th), it is possible to know whether Omicron infection is present within 3 hours, so the number of patients is expected to increase.



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Five people were confirmed yesterday and today in Chungcheongnam-do, where there was no Omicron infection among 17 cities and provinces nationwide.



Among the family members who arrived from Spain on the 19th, three children and two from the UK and the Philippines each arrived.



The quarantine authorities are tracking and investigating about 200 people on the same plane as them.



It is known that three people infected with Omicron have also emerged from the Daejeon Defense Forces Unit and the Air Force Base in Osan, Gyeonggi Province.



Due to the nature of the military, who live in groups, there is concern about further spread.



So far, there have been 558 confirmed cases of Omicron in Korea.



As time goes on, the rate of increase in infection is accelerating.



[Sohn Young-rae/Chief of Social Strategy Team, Central Accident Remediation Headquarters: The detection rate of (Omicron) in the domestic community is about 1.8%.

It can be delayed as much as possible, but in the end, it is judged that it will be difficult to avoid the dominant species of Omicron by replacing Delta in Korea at some point.] From



tomorrow, Omicron within 3 hours through the newly developed rapid confirmation PCR reagent You can determine if you are infected.



A significant increase in the number of Omicron tests is likely to increase the size of infections.



[Lee Sang-won / Head of Epidemiological Investigation and Analysis Team, Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters: Comparing the positive rate when performing a culture test, Omicron showed a much higher value, suggesting the possibility that Omicron's transmission power is much higher than Delta's during the same period. ] The



government has extended the entry ban for short-term foreigners from 11 African countries by four weeks until February 3 next year.



It also temporarily suspended the so-called 'travel bubble' with Singapore, which exempted mutual travelers from quarantine.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Seo Dong-min)



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