China News Service 3, March 26th. Comprehensive report, the number of confirmed cases of new coronavirus in South Korea has increased recently, with 494 new cases in the past day, the highest in 35 days. South Korean authorities announced on the 26th that they would extend the current epidemic prevention response level by 2 weeks to April 11 again.
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South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters reported that as of 0:00 a.m. on the 26th, the country had 494 new confirmed cases, including 471 community infections and 23 imported cases from abroad, mainly concentrated in Gyeonggi-do and Seoul.
South Korea's Prime Minister Ding Se-jun said that although the people are tired of the long-term implementation of social distancing measures, the number of new cases in a single day is still hovering between 300 and 500. We must be wary of the relaxed awareness of epidemic prevention. The government will take additional epidemic prevention measures to strive for the epidemic to be controlled as soon as possible. The government will strengthen the management of people entering and leaving the public facilities, and Expand the scope of virus detection.
From March 29 to April 11, South Korea will continue the current social distancing regulations for the second phase of the capital circle and the 1.5th phase of the non-capital circle. The business hours of nightclubs and taverns, as well as restaurants, coffee shops, indoor sports facilities, KTVs, indoor performance venues, etc. in the capital circle are maintained until 10:00 pm. The ban on gatherings of more than 5 people is also applicable nationwide.
South Korea has confirmed 100,770 cases and 1,716 deaths. Since the vaccination plan was implemented at the end of February, more than 770,000 people have been vaccinated so far, of which 10,113 suspected abnormal reactions have been reported.
Source: China News Network
