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Here is the Corona news.

Today (15th), the number of new corona cases is expected to reach 60,000.

The government expects an increase in the number of cases of severe cases and deaths from this week.



Reporter Park Soo-jin on the sidewalk.



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The number of patients with perjury increased by 18 a day, rising to 300 in 17 days.



The number of weekly critically ill patients and deaths also increased from last week, when the average number of confirmed cases reached 50,000.



The government expected that "the number of seriously ill patients will increase in earnest from this week."



However, it is said that it can handle up to 1,500 people.



It is pointed out that there is no peace of mind in the medical field.



This is because more than 6,000 elderly patients a day are emerging as the proportion of new confirmed patients aged 60 years or older rises to 11.7%.



The current spare beds may be exhausted in a few days.



[Seong-han Kim / Director of Infection Control Center, Asan Hospital, Seoul: The number of critically ill patients who need ventilators will not increase rapidly, but the demand for treatment for underlying diseases or pneumonia will continue to increase, so I think it is imperative to prepare for inpatients.

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The quarantine authorities are encouraging high-risk unvaccinated people to be vaccinated, but we are looking forward to the Novavax vaccine, which has been vaccinated since yesterday.



[Eun-chan Eun/Novax vaccine primary recipient: The mRNA method was not reliable, and it would be safer to receive the traditional vaccine with more stability.]



Existing Pfizer or Moderna vaccines were bottled in this way. It was provided, but the Novavax vaccine is supplied in the form of a syringe with a disposable dose.



Therefore, it has the advantage of preventing the accident of inoculation that is insufficient or overflowing.



The government also changed the living support payment standards for quarantined households, downgrading it to a maximum of 488,800 won for single-person households and 1,04,900 won for four-person households.



The additional subsidy given to home healers who have completed vaccinations has also been stopped, and the upper limit for paid vacation expenses for office workers has been lowered to 73,000 won.