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increase in the number of new corona cases is not unusual.
As of 9 pm yesterday (11th), there were over 35,000 people.
It is the first time in 8 weeks that the number has exceeded 30,000.
The doubling phenomenon continues, where the number of confirmed cases doubles every week.
The government is expected to announce countermeasures against the resurgence tomorrow.
Reporter Park Chan-geun reports.
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Today, the number of new COVID-19 cases in Korea is expected to reach 40,000.
As of 9 p.m. last night, the number of new confirmed cases has already reached 35,800.
It increased 2.1 times from the previous week.
The 'doubling' phenomenon, in which the number of confirmed cases doubles every week, continues.
The National Infectious Disease Crisis Response Advisory Committee, which serves as an advisor to the government's quarantine policy, held its first meeting yesterday evening.
[Jeong Ki-seok/Chairman of National Infectious Disease Crisis Response Advisory Committee: What is important now is to reduce the fatality rate and aggravation rate rather than the scale of the epidemic itself, so that the people can look at the corona with confidence.] The
government is Judging that the corona virus has already entered the phase of a re-invasion, we went through the process of listening to the advisory committee's opinions before preparing quarantine and medical countermeasures to prepare for a resurgence in the summer.
The most effective countermeasure is to expand the target of the fourth vaccination.
Specifically, it is known that measures such as expanding the target of the fourth vaccination to those in their 50s and older and lowering the standard for actively recommending vaccination from those over 80 to over 60 are being considered.
After the government has finalized the measures to respond to the COVID-19 resurgence in the summer, it will be announced tomorrow.