The number of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) in Korea on the 2nd decreased to 700 in 5 days, but the quarantine authorities are not slowing down due to the outbreak of a new group infection in nursing homes and churches.
On the afternoon of the 2nd, medical staff are collecting COVID-19 specimens from citizens at a temporary screening test center for Corona 19 in Jung-gu, Seoul Station. yunhap news
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The number of new confirmed cases on this day seems to be a result of the decrease in the number of inspections during the holiday season, and the quarantine authorities analyzed that there are around 1,000 new confirmed cases in Korea.
According to the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters (Bang Dae-bon), nine additional people were tested positive after the first confirmed cases came out on the 30th of last month at a church in Suwon, Gyeonggi-do. In a nursing home in Yongin-si, 10 people were infected from the 28th of last month to the present. In Pyeongtaek, 23 people, mainly in acquaintances travel and sauna, and 13 people related to the elderly care center were confirmed.
Regarding the existing Dongbu detention center in Songpa-gu, Seoul, 13 additional patients were confirmed at follow-up, and the cumulative number of confirmed patients increased to 958. The Ministry of Justice announced that it will conduct the 5th full-time inspection on about 1,000 employees and detainees who were negatively determined on this day. There are 982 confirmed cases related to correctional facilities nationwide.
1948 confirmed at the temporary screening inspection office
– The number of confirmed patients at the Smile Medical Center and Nursing Home in Guro-gu, Seoul increased by 7 to 200. The number of cumulative confirmed cases related to elderly welfare facilities in Dongdaemun-gu was 36, an addition of four. In the nursing home in Paju City, Gyeonggi Province, and the leather factory in Gunpo City, Gyeonggi Province, 23 and 8 additional people were also tested positive.
New confirmations in non-capital areas are also continuing, including 17 related to the Ulsan missionary organization and 10 elderly health centers in Yeongdo-gu, Busan. In Jinju, Gyeongsangnam-do, 23 people have been confirmed in connection with the golf meeting.
Sook-young Lim, head of the situation general manager Bang Dae-bon, said at a briefing that day, “It is not an increasing trend, but it is not a noticeable decline.” said.
However, it was revealed that the amount of movement of residents in the metropolitan area decreased by 34% compared to before the distance upgrade in November, and the infectious material production index was decreasing close to 1, as a positive indicator.
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Corona 19 cumulative confirmed patients since August. Graphic = Younghee Kim [email protected]
– On this day, Bang Dae-bon announced that from the 14th of last month to the present, more than 705,000 tests were conducted at 153 temporary screening inspection centers in the metropolitan area, and 1,948 people were confirmed. The quarantine authorities will extend the operation of the inspection station to the 17th, but will shorten the operating hours from 9 am to 5 pm on weekdays and from 9 am to 1 pm on weekends, and reduce the operating scale to 144 locations.
In a still serious situation, cases of violations of accommodation facilities, such as non-wearing masks for hotel casino users, not performing a body temperature measurement at a pension, and holding a party for 5 or more people in a guest house, were reported to the safety newspaper of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, and the quarantine authorities called for caution.
Reporter Eunkyung Choi [email protected]
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