(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of newly confirmed cases in South Korea in a single day exceeds 2,000, the government intends to further strengthen prevention and control
China News Agency, Seoul, August 11 (Reporter Liu Xu) According to the report of the South Korean Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters on the 11th, as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had newly confirmed 2223 new cases of new coronary pneumonia compared with 0:00 the previous day, and a total of 216,206 confirmed cases. The number of new cases in a single day increased sharply from the previous day by 686 cases, exceeding 2000 for the first time, breaking the highest record set on the 28th of last month after two weeks, and maintaining four-digit numbers for 36 consecutive days. The fourth wave of pandemics continues to spread. .
The Korean epidemic prevention department predicts that the more transmissible delta strain has become the main epidemic strain in South Korea, coupled with the increase in population movement during the summer, the Liberation Day holiday is approaching, the beginning of elementary and middle schools and other risk factors still exist, and confirmed cases may still be confirmed. Further increase.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on the same day that although the epidemic prevention department adheres to the anti-epidemic defense line and all citizens actively cooperate with the epidemic prevention work, there are still more than 2,000 new confirmed cases of new crown in a single day in the country, and the epidemic situation is worrying. Moon Jae-in emphasized that the current is a critical juncture for the prevention and control of the epidemic. The government will work to curb the spread of the epidemic and call on the people to actively cooperate.
Officials from South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters also said that the unabated number of new cases in a single day confirms that the current epidemic prevention measures are difficult to curb the spread of the epidemic. The spread of the epidemic may not be reversed in the short term. The South Korean government is discussing what should be strengthened or improved in the epidemic prevention measures, and the relevant measures will be implemented quickly after they are finalized.
Specifically, the South Korean government can also curb the epidemic by intensifying measures to “maintain social distancing”, enhancing compliance with personal epidemic prevention codes, promoting 3T (detection, tracking, and treatment) strategies, and carrying out vaccination. Although increasing the “social distancing” measures is the most effective, it is difficult to implement it immediately, considering its impact on South Korea’s society and economy.
Prior to this, the South Korean government had extended the fourth-level epidemic response level in the metropolitan area by two weeks to August 22, and Busan City also adjusted the fourth-level epidemic response level on the 8th. The fourth-level epidemic prevention response level corresponds to the most stringent control measures. (Finish)