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While it may be hard to believe, just 14 days ago South Korea's COVID-19 case count - which began nearly a month earlier - stood at just 31 cases. Since then we've seen a 170-fold increase in just two weeks, illustrating how easily the virus can spread undetected in a community.
While 80% of South Korea's cases are located in Daegu, and linked to the Shincheon Daegu Church, the virus is gaining traction across much of the nation.Their experience reminds us how quickly a relatively small number of hospitalized or community acquired cases - such as we are currently seeing in the United States, the UK, and many other countries - can morph into a national health crisis.
With an extended incubation period, and the ability for infected individuals to shed the virus before showing overt symptoms, whatever we see in the way of community spread today is always a week or two behind reality.
South Korea's growing epidemic is also of great concern because of more than 30,000 military personnel - and their dependents - stationed on the peninsula, along with tens of thousands of American citizens living and working there.Some excerpts from the latest South Korean CDC update follow:
○ In Seoul, 12 confirmed patients * have been diagnosed related to residential complex (Seoul Forest The Sharp) in Seongdong-gu.
* 2 out of 12 confirmed patients, 4 employees of management office and 6 family contacts
○ In Busan, research is underway around hot spring churches. To date, 33 confirmed patients have been diagnosed, and the place where the confirmed patients have visited and the contacts are being investigated.
* The number of confirmed patients related to the hot spring church was 33 in Busan and 2 in Gyeongnam, with a total of 35 (28 members and 7 contacts).
○ In Daegu, 64.5% (2,583 persons) of Shincheon district churches are the most common, and during the contact survey of Shincheon district believers, additional occurrences have been confirmed, especially in group facilities and medical institutions.
○ In Gyeonggi-do, six confirmed patients were confirmed at the church (Life Saem Church, Mangpo-dong) located in Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-si. A confirmed patient who attended a religious event at Sincheon Ji-Gwa Church on February 16 conducted a training session at a company in Yongin-si, and four employees who attended the training were confirmed. It is estimated to this day that preaching in the church occurred.
As a result, we are conducting a survey of believers who attended the service on February 23.
○ In Chungnam area, 80 confirmed patients * in 7 sports facilities were selected, focusing on Cheonan sports facilities. Investigations of the places and contacts of confirmed patients have been ongoing.
* Of 80 confirmed patients, 4 lecturers, 50 students, 26 family members, etc.
○ In addition to the Sincheon Ji-dae Church and Qingdao Daenam Hospital, Gyeongbuk continues to check and take measures of group occurrence through contact surveys and inspections at the Holy Land Pilgrimage Corps, Chilgok Milal Love House, Gyeongsan Surrey Nursing Home, and Gimcheon Youth Prison.
□ The National Defense Agency asked for compliance with the rules of personal hygiene and the practice of social distancing.
○ It is important to keep the basic precautions such as washing hands with soap under running water and covering your mouth and nose with clothing sleeves.
○ Asked me to refrain from all possible meetings and outings. Avoid contact with people with fever or respiratory symptoms, especially visiting places where many people gather in closed spaces and religious events.
-In addition, each institution or company recommended that they actively work online or at home.
-When staying in the house, I asked them to give ① enough rest, ② proper exercise ③ balanced diet, ④ hygiene rules, and ⑤ regular ventilation.
○ People who have a fever or respiratory symptoms should refrain from going to school without going to school or going to work.
-Also, before visiting a medical institution with symptoms of corona19, it was recommended to contact a call center (☎1339, ☎Area Code + 120) or a local public health center or visit a screening clinic * first to receive medical treatment.
* Department of Health and Human Services nurijip ( www.mohw.go.kr , top banner, medical screening clinics operating list view "), Centers for Disease Control nurijip ( www.cdc.go.kr , top banner" screening clinics')
-When visiting the screening clinic, he was asked to wear a mask and visit his car.
-Also, as a hospital for the general public who is concerned about infection, it is recommended to use the National Anxiety Hospital, which operates a medical treatment area (outpatient and hospitalization) separate from non-respiratory diseases to block the possibility of infection in the hospital. did.
※ ① Physician patients or symptomatic cases subject to the Corona 19 Correspondence Guidelines are screened clinics. Outpatient
