코로나 누적 확진자 100만명 넘어...문대통령, 내일 중대본 6개월여만 직접 주재
South Korea saw yet another record high number of Covid-19 cases on Sunday, close to 40-thousand.
With the rapid spread of Omicron, President Moon Jae-will will convene a Covid-19 response meeting on Monday to make sure that the new virus response system, aimed at improving efficiency, is being implemented well.
Kim Dami reports.
South Korea continues to report record-high numbers of coronavirus infections.
On Sunday, new cases rose to 38-thousand six-hundred 91.
And that brings the total number to date... to more than a million.
With Omicron now dominant, the daily figure broke through 30-thousand on Saturday and is expected to cross 40-thousand as soon as tomorrow.
In the coming week, it's expected to surge... partly because of the increase in travel and social gatherings during the recent Lunar New Year holiday.
To address the rapid surge in daily infections, President Moon Jae-in will convene a COVID-19 response meeting on Monday for the first time in about six months.
Moon is expected to urge local governments to do their utmost to minimize disruptions that could arise from the new virus response system.
The new system expands testing and treatment at small hospitals and clinics,... and for initial testing... it replaces PCR tests with rapid antigen tests.
The president is also expected to encourage small clinics to take part as well.
Also on Monday, the education ministry will announce plans for schools in the new semester that starts next month.
Under the new guidelines, students will likely be back in the classroom full-time with no attendance caps, and school clinics may start using more rapid antigen tests instead of PCR tests.
Kim Dami, Arirang News.
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2022-02-06, 18:00 (KST)
