South Korea finds 4 suspected cases of Omi Kiron strain infection, the number of confirmed cases is increasing
South Korea’s Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters reported on December 1 that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had 5,123 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in the past 24 hours, with a total of 452,350 confirmed cases; 34 new deaths and a total of 3,658 deaths. This is the day that the number of confirmed cases has increased the most since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic in South Korea, and it is also the first time that the number of confirmed cases in South Korea has exceeded 5,000. There are 723 critical cases in the country, far exceeding the 500 cases previously identified by the South Korean government as a “stabilized control level” and also the highest value since the outbreak of the new crown in the country.South Korea’s Central Disaster Safety Response Headquarters pointed out that the newly confirmed cases are still concentrated in the metropolitan area, and the number of confirmed cases waiting to be arranged in the metropolitan area continues to increase. In response to this, the South Korean government is mobilizing all administrative forces to work hard to ensure the necessary number of hospital beds.
Regarding the Omi Keron strain of the new crown mutant virus, South Korea’s Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters stated that it has established an inter-departmental joint working group and quickly formulated a response strategy to implement strict epidemic prevention and control measures for overseas immigrants to strictly prevent Omiq. Rong strains flowed into South Korea. The Korean Department of Disease Control notified on November 30 that 4 suspected cases of Omi Keron strain infection were found in South Korea, and the epidemic prevention department is conducting gene sequencing work, and the results are expected to be available on the evening of December 1st.