The South Korean health department said on the 15th that it will fully lift the mandatory 7-day quarantine measures for patients diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia from late May. In addition, the South Korean government also decided on the 25th of this month to downgrade the infectious disease level of new coronary pneumonia from the current highest level to level two, which is the same level as chickenpox, measles, cholera and other infectious diseases.
South Korea’s Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters reported on the 15th that as of 0:00 that day, 125,846 new confirmed cases had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, including 999 critically ill cases, and 264 new deaths. The total population is 31.2%, which is close to one third.
On the same day, South Korea also announced the complete lifting of social distancing restrictions, and the number of people in gatherings is no longer limited. With the downgrade of infectious diseases, it is expected that from May 23, South Korea will no longer enforce self-isolation of confirmed patients for 7 days, and cancel hospital beds for patients with mild symptoms of the new crown, leaving only beds for moderate and critically ill patients. At the same time, the entry and epidemic prevention procedures are simplified.
In addition, from the 18th, the two-year and one-month social distancing measures will be fully lifted, including limited business hours for public gathering places, limited members of private gatherings, and limited members of large-scale gatherings, etc. , only temporarily retain the obligation to wear a mask.
Beginning in June, the number of nucleic acid tests for entry personnel in South Korea will be reduced to one, and those who have completed the entire course of the new crown vaccine will be exempt from quarantine. However, entrants must still submit a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours.
According to the report of South Korea’s epidemic prevention department, as of 0:00 on the 15th, South Korea has added 125,846 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the past 24 hours, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases has risen to 16,104,896.
Although the South Korean epidemic prevention department judged that the epidemic will continue to slow down in the future, they also said that they still need to remain vigilant, because the confirmed cases of people over 60 years old exceed 20%, and the virus is still Therefore, reducing the risk of severe illness and death in high-risk groups will remain the focus of future work. At present, South Korea has opened the fourth dose of new crown vaccination for people over 60 years old.
[Source: Jiupai News Comprehensive CCTV News, Overseas Network Report]
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