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number of additional COVID-19 cases exceeded 50,000 for the first time.

If this trend continues, it was predicted that the number of confirmed cases per day could increase to 360,000 by the beginning of next month.



Reporter Jeong Da-eun delivers this information along with the news that the Novavax vaccine will start next week.



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There were 54,122 new confirmed cases, an increase of 4,500 from the previous day.



It broke the all-time record for three days in a row.



It is 2.4 times higher than a week ago and 3.7 times higher than two weeks ago.



The National Institute of Mathematical Sciences predicted that at this rate, the number of confirmed cases per day could drop from 230,000 to 360,000 at the beginning of next month.



However, the number of patients with severe severe disease has been staying in the 200 range for the last two weeks from 700 a month ago.



However, the number of infected people over the age of 60 also surged, exceeding 10% of the total number of confirmed cases.



Eight out of ten patients with severe cases are these elderly people, and if the number of confirmed cases increases in this age group, it is highly likely to lead to the spread of severe cases.



In the midst of this, the Novavax vaccine will start on the 14th.



[Kwon Geun-yong / Head of Adverse Reactions Investigation Team, Central Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters: Since it was developed using a manufacturing method familiar to the public, it is expected that it will be used positively for inoculation of those who have not been vaccinated.



] It is used first for the second inoculation.



Nursing hospitals and high-risk groups in facilities will start getting vaccinated first, and the general public can also make reservations from the 21st.



After the 1st or 2nd vaccination with Novavax, you can get Pfizer or Moderna at the 3rd time.



However, receiving a vaccine other than Novavax in the first and second rounds and receiving Novavax in the third is limited to exceptional cases such as medical reasons.



The quarantine authorities said that most of the adverse reactions after the Novavax vaccination disappeared within three days, and that there was also a preventive effect on Omicron mutation.



(Video Edit: Kim Jong-mi)



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