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distance has been lifted, but we must not let go of the tension.
Today (19th), the number of new corona cases is expected to record 100,000 again.
As the decline continues, the number of corona tests and reservations for the 4th vaccination have also significantly decreased.
Correspondent Park Jae-hyun.
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The number of rapid antigen testers at this hospital, which had reached 200 a day a month ago, has decreased significantly to about 30 recently.
[(Do you have any symptoms?) I have a cough.]
The number of tests per day at the Shepherd's Screening Center has also decreased to 200, which is 1/10th the level.
A tendency to avoid examinations is also partially detected.
[Confirmed person: (All meeting participants have been confirmed) I will not test myself.
no symptoms now.
Even if I test it, if it comes out positive, it still hurts my head.
Then who sees the store?
.]
As the number of tests decreased and the epidemic began to decline in earnest, the number of new confirmed cases fell below 47,000, 50,000 in 68 days.
The number of seriously ill patients reached 800 for the second day, and the death toll decreased by 71 to 132 in one day, a marked decline after peaking.
The quarantine authorities predicted, "Even if the distance is abolished, the number of confirmed cases may increase slightly, but it will not have a major impact."
The fourth vaccination for the general public over the age of 60 has also started in earnest.
Reservation started yesterday, but it may be right from the 25th.
It is said that there are not many reservations on the first day.
[Inoculation agency official: (a week) I only injected 3 days.
Now (by the end of April) there seems to be about 70 people.]
As social distancing is lifted, senior citizens' centers reopen and operation of senior welfare centers is normalized.
However, only those with 3 or more immunizations may use these facilities.