-Whether or not the government’s social distancing’step 3’is raised is expected to play a decisive role this week in the outbreak of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea. However, as the government has recently increased its diagnostic test capabilities, it is determined to suppress the outbreak at a rapid pace and avoid the three-step upgrade.
The timing of implementing step 2.5 of distance distancing in the metropolitan area is the last 8 days, and this week is the time 14 days have elapsed, when the distance distancing effect is in full swing. It is not yet clear, but it is an interpretation that the effect is slowly appearing.
According to the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters on the 20th, as of 0 o’clock on this day, 1097 new cases occurred. It recorded the largest scale ever, exceeding 1078 as of 0 o’clock on the 16th, as opposed to 1,000 people for 5 consecutive days.
However, in Seoul, except for the 184 confirmed cases in the Seoul Eastern Detention Center, the number of cases occurred at 0 o’clock on the 20th was 289, which was reduced by nearly 100 from 384 the previous day. It is worth expecting that the 2.5 step distance effect is working. On the other hand, the number of diagnostic tests decreased by 19,603 compared to 56,450 as of 0 o’clock on the 19th, and the effect on the weekend was found to be quite mixed. Therefore, the actual fashion situation is expected to be fully understood only this week. Fortunately, the number of daily confirmed cases of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea is expected to drop to less than 1,000 in six days. New cases counted from 0 a.m. to 8 p.m. on the 20th were Δ210 in Seoul Δ189 in Gyeonggi Δ88 in Incheon Δ24 in Gyeongbuk Δ24 in Chungbuk Δ20 in Busan Δ19 in Gangwon Δ17 in Ulsan Δ15 in Chungnam A total of 647 people, including ΔGwangju 12 people ΔGyeongnam 12 people ΔJeju 6 people ΔJeonbuk 5 people ΔJeonnam 4 people ΔDaejeon 2 people. Compared to the same time period the previous day, it is a decrease of around 250 people. Even if the number of confirmed cases added by 12 p.m. is considered, the number of new confirmed cases that will be counted as of 0:00 on the 21st is expected to drop to less than 1,000.
◇The quarantine authority “This week is the most important time, including the next few days”
Although the number of tests has recently been greatly increased, the number of tests has not been rapidly increased, so it is expected that the proliferation can be suppressed.
Park Neung-hoo, the first deputy chief of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, held a regular briefing on this afternoon, saying, “Amid the large expansion of diagnostic tests, (daily) the number of patients exceeded 1,000, but there was no rapid increase, and the number of patients did not decrease. It was a dangerous situation,” he diagnosed.
“This week is the most important time, including the next few days,” he said. “If we maintain the current aggressive tests and epidemiological investigations, we will be able to slow the spread of the community and block the spread.”
Since the 14th, the government has significantly increased the number of diagnostic tests through the installation and operation of temporary screening tests. On the 19th alone, 44,000 people were examined at this temporary laboratory and 163,000 people were tested for 6 days as of 0 o’clock on the 20th, and a total of 385 patients were detected early. Deputy General Manager Park said, “Including this, yesterday (19th) we conducted 81,000 tests per day,” he said. “The average daily (the number of tests) over the past week was 67,000, a total of 470,000 tests. “
◇Government “A situation that must be avoided if step 3 can be avoided”
The government has met the criteria for raising the distance in three stages (more than 800-1000 new confirmed cases per week) for five days, but explains that the third stage is the last card beyond the simple quarantine response the authorities can take. In this case, the ban on going out is recommended for most of the public, and some of the manufacturing and production industries are also suspended, resulting in enormous social and economic damage. Therefore, it is judged that people’s understanding and consent are also needed first.
Deputy General Manager Park said, “If the third step can be avoided, it is a situation that must be avoided.” “Is the people fully aware of the reality of step 3? I think that these factors should be discussed more. “I am not thinking about lockdowns such as restrictions on movement between regions,” he said.
The government explains that the situation in which Step 3 is inevitably implemented is when the medical system is shaken or when one of the circumstances beyond control of the quarantine network is satisfied. The quarantine authorities are currently preparing details regarding the implementation of the third phase. Rather than currently preparing for the three-stage upgrade, it can be seen that the details are being refined in case the situation of the three-stage upgrade occurs.
“We are discussing in-depth daily how to implement effective distance between the central government and local governments,” said Park Neung-hoo. “In order to implement the third step, it is essential that the people recognize the situation and agree on the process. I emphasized.
(Seoul = News 1)
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