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number of additional confirmed cases of Corona has decreased further and now stands at 6,000.

It is the lowest number in 131 days, and the number of deaths has also fallen below 10 in seven months.



If so, whether this trend will continue in the future, and what to do if the corona spreads again, medical reporter Cho Dong-chan will explain in detail this part.



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Each person has a different opinion on when COVID-19 will re-emerge.



[Heo Seon-yeon/Gangseo-gu, Seoul: Turn on the air conditioner, take off the mask, and play in the water, so it's like this again around summer (I think it's going to be popular again.)]



[Hayun Jeong/ Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: Everyone catches a lot of colds in the winter, so it's because of that reason, go back again soon. Fashion (It seems to be coming.)]



Overseas experts also poured out their own prediction reports, but Nature, the world's most authoritative academic journal, leaps to 'standout conclusions' based on data that is only the tip of the iceberg, and sometimes 'false'. It was strongly criticized for giving a 'warning'.



Predicting the timing of a domestic resurgence requires reference to foreign situations that have similarly experienced omicron and sub-mutations.



The UK, Germany, and South Africa, which experienced an Omicron peak about 50 days earlier than us, have remained quiet without a significant upward trend so far, while the US is showing a slight upward trend, but less than one-fifth of the peak.



This is because up to 70% of people who have gained immunity from infection and vaccines,



However, the continued appearance of immune-evading submutations is a risk factor.



According to an analysis by the University of North Carolina in the United States, even at the time of the resurgence, people over the age of 60 and those with underlying diseases were still at risk.



Rather than prematurely predicting the timing of a resurgence, it is important to make arrangements so that high-risk groups can be quickly diagnosed and treated at nursing facilities and local hospitals.



(Video coverage: Kim Seong-il, video editing: Choi Eun-jin, CG: Kim Jong-un · Jeon Yu-geun)