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Although today's report of new COVID-19 cases from South Korea is nearly 90% higher than yesterdays (n=131) - 242 new cases is still a vast improvement over what we were seeing only a week ago. Despite a rough first couple of weeks, South Korea appears to be making progress in slowing their epidemic.
Six additional deaths were announced overnight, bringing their total to 60. Deaths in an epidemic are always a lagging indicator, as many people who do succumb do so after weeks in the hospital.
Between that delay, and the recent slowdown in new cases, we are beginning to see South Korea's CFR creep up a little bit, rising from .6% a week ago to just under .8% today.
While far below what we are seeing reported in Italy, Iran, and China - this is still about 8 x's greater than we see with seasonal flu. It would not be surprising to see that number climb a bit more as patient outcomes are finalized.
South Korea has now reported 7,755 cases to date. 80% of those are reportedly linked to known clusters, while roughly 20% are considered community transmission.
The latest update follow:
○ From March 8 to 90, there were 90 confirmed patients related to the call center located in Guro-gu, Seoul.
* 77 employees (Seoul, 51 people, game, 13 people, Incheon, 13), the contacts 13 (Seoul, 11 people, Incheon 2 persons) (3.11 am based) two page tables Patients 3.11 days 0 cast to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention There are some differences in the figures based on the status of the report on
-77 confirmed patients except family contacts were confirmed to have worked at the 11th floor call center. For 553 employees who are working at the same company but on different floors (7th to 9th floors), they will first self-contain and conduct a sample test to confirm the further spread.
□ The National Defense Agency for Defense Affairs said that among cases of group occurrence, cases related to group facilities are increasing.
○ The most common occurrence was in medical institutions (20 cases), followed by social welfare facilities (8 cases), religious facilities (7 cases), workplaces (6 cases), and multi-use facilities (4 cases). .
○ Therefore, when close contact occurs in a closed space, the possibility of propagation increases, so the workplaces with such an environment are urged to actively improve their working conditions and environment in order to block the corona.
-First, it was recommended to actively prepare and implement these forms of work if online work or telecommuting was possible.
-It is necessary to reduce the density by adjusting the seat intervals in the office, and to clean or frequently disinfect the office space or equipment surface exposed to the droplets (sprays).
-It was also recommended to appoint a 'health manager' to provide hand sanitizers, perform periodic environmental disinfection and ventilation, check fever or respiratory symptoms twice a day, visit workers and users, and manage the history of symptoms.
-In addition, in case of deceased box, it was requested to stop work, but to be careful not to disadvantage workers.
○ The National Defense Agency will produce and distribute guidelines for infection control of high-risk workplaces with these contents in mind, and plan to distribute and manage infection control guidelines for each type through the relevant departments and local governments.
The Central Defense Response Headquarters announced that it would additionally designate Italy and Iran as quarantine management areas to minimize further inflows of corona from major countries with regional infections.
○ According to this, the bequest box should enter and submit the health status document during the entry into Korea, install the self-diagnosis app through special immigration procedures, and monitor the manifestation of symptoms after entering the country. Receive *.
* 4 Quarantine Stations based regional inspection centers (Incheon Airport, Busan, Yeosu, Jeju) In addition, information on immigration to the country is provided to medical institutions through DUR (Medical Safety Use Service), ITS (Overseas Travel Information Program), and Eligibility Examination (Health Insurance Qualification) for reference.
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