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As the corona virus spreads again, concerns are growing about nursing facilities where many elderly people with weak health live.
In March of this year, when Omicron was in full swing, about 3 out of 10 deaths came from nursing homes or nursing homes.
Reporter Hyung-woo Jeon covered the scene where they are preparing to fight the corona virus again.
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A nursing hospital in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do.
A screen has been created again between the elderly and the whole family visiting.
Contact visits will be banned from the 25th, but it has already been changed to a non-contact method since last Monday.
[Misook Kim / Manager of Infection Control Department at Bobath Memorial Hospital: For safety management of infection and to protect seriously ill patients, we took action first.]
Other nursing hospitals in Suwon have also recently strengthened quarantine measures.
Temperature checks and hand disinfection are checked upon entry and exit, as well as the movement of workers.
We regularly disinfect doorknobs, handles, and wheelchairs that the elderly can reach.
Various programs visited by external instructors were also removed, and only essential personnel were prohibited from entering the hospital.
[Ahn In-soon / Suwon Senior Nursing Center Nursing Team Leader: All staff received the 4th dose except for one or two workers who did not receive the 4th dose due to an adverse reaction after receiving the 3rd dose.] 4th dose to
the elderly admitted to each hospital Although vaccination is recommended, the vaccination rate is not at a reassuring level.
Only 60% of the 520,000 residents and workers at the nursing hospital completed the fourth vaccination.
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It is pointed out that the vaccination rate for those aged 60 and over is higher than 37%, but it is still low considering that most of the residents of nursing hospitals are high-risk groups.
[Kim Woo-joo/Professor of Infectious Diseases, Korea University Guro Hospital: I have been saying that the 4th vaccination is recommended because (for residents of nursing hospitals) the effect of preventing severe death is relatively large, but the fact that the vaccination rate is still only around 60%.
] Since the 7th, 165 people were infected at a nursing hospital in Paju, and group infections were confirmed in 24 nursing hospitals and facilities this month.
In the event of a confirmed case at a high-risk facility, the government plans to immediately supply edible treatment through public health centers, and a dedicated response team from each local government will intensively manage the confirmed cases and deaths and the rate of edible treatment at these facilities.
(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, Kim Hak-mo, video editing: Kim Jun-hee)
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