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continues, the number of newly confirmed cases today (22nd) exceeded 110,000 for the first time at 6 pm.

Although the count for one day has not been completed, it has already surpassed the record high, but as the fatality rate remains low, the quarantine authorities evaluated the corona as an early stage of transition to an endemic disease, and said that it will be able to be managed like other infectious diseases in the future.



Reporter Jeong Da-eun reports.



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Korea, the severity rate of Omicron mutation is 0.38% and the fatality rate is 0.18%.



In the last week of last month alone, the fatality rate drops to 0.15%.



It's a quarter of the delta mutation, and slightly higher than the seasonal flu.



The quarantine authorities said that if the Omicron mutation maintains such a low fatality rate, it can be managed like any other infectious disease.




[Park Hyang/Central Accident Control Headquarters Head of Prevention and Prevention: This will be the beginning stage of the transition to an endemic management system.

If the epidemic can be managed stably, eventually, Omicron will be able to transition to the same management system as other infectious diseases.] If



the epidemic peaks and turns into a decline in the next month, we plan to adjust the distance and quarantine pass.



Home therapy is approaching 500,000 people.



The intensive management group, centered on the elderly and those with underlying diseases, is about 69,000 people, and the government said it can manage up to 210,000 people.



We also streamlined the bed assignment process.



Even if there is no isolation bed in the emergency room to which the confirmed person was transferred, he or she can be admitted directly to a general isolation bed.



There are currently 82 beds for pregnant women who have been confirmed to give birth, and an additional 200 will be prepared this month.



In the case of a 7-month-old infant who died during home treatment on the 17th, it was found that there were no pediatric medical staff at the nearby hospital, so prompt transportation was not possible.



There are 496 pediatric priority beds in the metropolitan area, 5 emergency medical centers for children nationwide, and only 3 emergency rooms for children.



As the number of confirmed patients under the age of 9 accounts for 11% of all confirmed cases, it is urgent to expand the medical staff.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Kim Gyeong-yeon)



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