Myeong-don Oh, chairman of the Central Clinical Committee for New Infectious Diseases, announced on the 12th that the existing limited medical response system with strict quarantine applied cannot cope with the pandemic of 'Omicron', a new mutation of Corona 19.
Chairman Oh, a professor of infectious disease at Seoul National University, held a press conference at the National Medical Center on the 12th and said, "Omicron causes less pneumonia than the delta virus, but the rate of spread is too fast." We have to aim to keep it.”
In addition, it is expected that the Omicron epidemic in Korea will start in earnest before the Lunar New Year holiday, and it will spread rapidly enough to double the number of patients every 2-3 days.
However, it was expected that the end of the corona virus together with Omicron in March, Chairman Oh emphasized the need for a change in the current quarantine system in order to successfully overcome the spread of Omicron, which seems to be the last hurdle.
Chairman Oh's main remarks, check out the video!
(Reporter: Park Soo-jin, Composition: Kim Do-kyun, Editing: Park Ki-duk, Producer: D Content Planning Department)