Chinanews.com, March 18. According to Korean media reports, the South Korean Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters notified that as of 0:00 local time on the 18th, South Korea had added 407,017 new confirmed cases of the new crown within 24 hours, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases had exceeded 8.65 million. . Still, authorities plan to ease restrictions on gatherings in the near future.
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Data map: Seoul, South Korea under the epidemic. Photo by China News Agency reporter Liu Xu
According to reports, among the new cases, community infections reached 406,978, and 39 were imported from abroad. In addition, 301 new deaths were reported, which was an outbreak of the epidemic The second highest since the beginning of the year.
Although the epidemic situation is very serious, the first director of the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in South Korea, Kwon Deok-cheol, said on the 18th that from the 21st, the number of private gatherings will be relaxed from 6 to 8 People. The business cut-off time of 12 types of gathering places such as restaurants and cafes will remain unchanged at 23:00.
Quan Dezhe said that considering the rapid spread of the “Omicron” strain and the medical system’s commitment to Due to factors such as pressure and the difficulty of accurately predicting the peak of the epidemic, the epidemic prevention measures will not be greatly relaxed for the time being. However, considering the difficulties of self-employed individuals and small businesses and the inconvenience of the public, the government has decided to adjust the epidemic prevention measures slightly and only relax the restrictions on the number of people in private gatherings.
Source: China News Network