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Corona patients are increasing again at a fast pace.

Today (13th), the number of new confirmed cases is expected to record around 40,000.

In particular, as the BA.5 mutation, which spreads rapidly and evades immunity, spreads, the number of reinfection cases is also increasing.

The government is announcing quarantine measures today.



By Son Hyeong-an, staff reporter.



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As of 9 p.m. last night, the number of new COVID-19 cases nationwide was 38,734.



This is an increase of 2,900 from the same time period the previous day.



If you add up the count from 9:00 p.m. to midnight, the number of new confirmed cases of COVID-19 to be announced today is expected to be around 40,000.



The detection rate of the BA.5 mutation, which is driving this trend, surged from 1.4% to 35% in one month.



If we look at the cases of overseas inflows alone, it is as high as 70%.



[Lim Sook-young / Head of the Central Quarantine Countermeasure Headquarters: (BA.5) has a propagation speed that is 35% faster than that of BA.2, which leads to a rapid increase in the current epidemic.]



BA.5 Reinfection is also increasing rapidly as sub-micron mutations, including



As of the 3rd day, it is estimated that there were 73,000 cumulative re-infections and 98 people infected three times.



If BA.5, which has strong immune evasion ability, becomes the dominant species, the spread of re-infection is expected to intensify.



Reinfection may be more frequent in those in their 20s and 30s, who accounted for the largest share of the total number of confirmed cases last week at 36.9%.



The government is expected to announce new quarantine measures today.



Even with the rapid spread of the virus, it is unlikely that social distancing will be reintroduced.



[Sung Il-jong / Chairman of the People's Power Policy Committee: (Corona 19) It is difficult to manage Corona 19 in a way that controls the daily life of the people, including the self-employed, as in the early days of the outbreak.]



Also, expand the 4th vaccination to 50s , measures to maintain the duty to isolate confirmed patients are being actively considered.