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Omicron mutation changed the record for the highest number of corona patients again.

With the number of daily confirmed cases now exceeding 14,000, there is even a forecast that this trend of increase could continue for the next two months.

However, the government has indicated that it will not raise the level of social distancing any higher than it is now.



Today (27th), the first news, reporter Han Seong-hee, will be delivered.



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number of new COVID-19 cases has risen to 14,000.



It almost doubled in three days from 7,000 on the 24th.



The so-called 'doubling' cycle, in which the number of confirmed cases doubles, is expected to become shorter.



The ratio of confirmed cases to the number of tests, that is, the positive rate, was 2% when the first Omicron patient in Korea was released in December last year, but it has soared to 5.2%.



When Omicron peaked, the daily number of confirmed cases also increased significantly.



After Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom said “about 30,000 people,” it was predicted that more than 100,000 experts attended the government briefing two days later.



[Jeong Jae-hoon/Professor of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University College of Medicine: (Confirmed) The rate of increase is expected to be maintained for the time being.

The period of increase may be 5 to 8 weeks, and most experts expect that it will be about 100,000 or more.]



Reasons for urgently improving the government's preparation system in case of up to 30,000 confirmed cases a day no see.



There is also an argument that social distancing should be strengthened again.



The government has decided to maintain the current distance, which ends on the 6th of next month, as much as possible.



[Jung Eun-kyung / Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Distance is obviously effective.

However, since it costs a lot of money, we will carefully consider the costs we have to bear and the effects (we will decide.)]



By the middle of next month, about 38% of elementary, middle and high schools will open, and the Ministry of Education We have decided to recommend remote or shortened classes and actively support the introduction of rapid antigen testing.



(Video editing: Park Jin-hoon, CG: Seo Seung-hyun, Jo Su-in)