4차 접종 대상자 50세 이상, 18세 이상 기저질환자로 확대... 확진자 의무격리는 유지
Health authorities have just... shared... a new measure... aimed... at addressing... the latest rebound... in the country's COVID-19 caseloads.
For details... on that... I have... my colleague... SONG YOO-JIN standing by.
YOO-JIN... do start us... off.
Well Sunny, the biggest change is in the country's vaccination scheme.
Previously, the second booster was only advised for those aged 60 and older as well as the immunocompromised.
But the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters says... that it is now being rolled for people aged 50 and above, as well as those 18 and older who have underlying health conditions.
The government will also work to increase the vaccination rates at facilities for the disabled and the homeless.
To effectively treat people who are critically ill, health officials will secure more sick beds for a maximum 2-hundred-thousand patients.
And for those who are receiving treatment at home, they will increase the number of the so-called "one-stop" COVID-19 treatment centers to 10-thousand by the end of this month.
These "one-stop" treatment centers provide COVID-19 testing, treatment, and prescriptions all at once.
As of early this June, there were about 6-thousand-2-hundred of them.
Finally, the mandatory 7-day quarantine for those who return a positive COVID-19 test will stay.
While stricter social distancing measures will not be imposed this time, circumstances may change depending on the country's virus situation.
It looks like there are plenty of changes to virus protocols.
And before we let you go Yoo-jin, are there any updates on the daily virus tally?
We've already been seeing case numbers double over the last couple of weeks.
South Korea saw 40-thousand-2-hundred-66 new infections as of Tuesday midnight.
That's more than double the figure reported at the same time last week and is the first time in more than 2 months that the tally has topped 40-thousand.
There were 12 related deaths and there are 67 critically ill patients.
That's all I have for now, back to you Sunny.
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2022-07-13, 10:00 (KST)
