social distancing guide▶ Click here for a larger view
Due to the Omicron mutation pandemic, the number of new confirmed cases on the 4th is expected to surge to more than 250,000. In the midst of this, the government announced on the same day a slightly relaxed social distancing adjustment plan.
While the opinions of quarantine and medical experts that the current distance should be maintained as the epidemic has not yet reached the peak and the position that the current measures should be eased in consideration of the damage to the self-employed and small business owners were mixed, the government chose ‘early relief’ following discussion.
According to the statistics of each local government, a total of 244,889 people in 17 cities and provinces across the country tested positive from 00:00 to 9pm the day before.
The number of new confirmed cases rose to 200,000 on the 2nd (211,240) on the 2nd, 12 days following exceeding 100,000 on the 18th of last month, and then surged to the mid-200,000s.
If you add up the additional confirmed cases from 9 pm to midnight the previous day, it is expected that there will be more new confirmed cases to be announced as of 0 o’clock on the day.
The quarantine authorities had previously predicted that there would be more than 230,000 new confirmed cases by the 9th, the presidential election day, but the rate of spread has already exceeded the forecast at a faster-than-expected rate.
Waiting line in front of COVID-19 screening clinic▶ Click here for a larger view
The prediction of the peak size of an epidemic is somewhat different for each research institution. Some studies have found that it will reach a peak of 260,000 to 270,000 a day around the middle of this month, and some predict that it will peak with more than 350,000 confirmed cases on the 12th.
The authorities estimate that the number of new confirmed cases will peak within the next 1-2 weeks by synthesizing the forecasts of several research institutes, but considering the current rate of spread, the timing may be extended.
As the Corona 19 epidemic is heading towards its peak, the government will hold a meeting with the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters this morning and announce a new social distancing adjustment plan to be implemented from this weekend.
The government has decided to extend the limit of business hours to 11 pm by one hour while maintaining the limit of number of people from the current ‘private meeting of 6 people, business hours at 10 o’clock’.
Initially, the government decided to apply the current social distancing measures until the 13th, but considering the fact that the fatality rate is not high compared to the spread of the Omicron mutation, the recent increase itself is slowing, and the socioeconomic damage is large, it is necessary to ease it early. decided with
At the meeting of the quarantine and medical subcommittee of the Daily Recovery Support Committee held the day before, it is said that private experts expressed the opinion that the current measures should be maintained or at least mitigated until the middle of this month, when the peak of the epidemic is reached.
Specific details will be announced through a briefing this morning.
Citizens of Myeongdong Street▶ Click here for a larger view
[연합뉴스]
s ⓒ Yonhap News. Unauthorized reproduction and redistribution prohibited