South Korean health authorities today reported 1,097 new confirmed cases of Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) and 15 deaths, a record high for a single day.
Reuters reports that South Korea has become a model country for global epidemic prevention by actively tracking cases and conducting extensive testing in the early stages of the outbreak, but recently the epidemic prevention has broken down, with more than 1,000 new cases confirmed in a single day for five consecutive days, and many medical experts and politicians in the country accuse the government’s lax attitude toward epidemic prevention of being the culprit for the spread of the disease.
The report points out that unlike the previous wave of outbreaks, the spread of the epidemic is of the “starry-eyed” type and therefore more difficult to control.
The report said the South Korean government has been reluctant to raise the level of the embargo because of concerns that it would affect economic performance, but critics say the government must stand firm in the current situation and strengthen The prevention of the epidemic.
Lee Hyokmin, a professor at Yonsei University’s Department of Laboratory Medicine, said the government relaxed epidemic control too early, and when epidemic prevention measures needed to be strengthened, it did so at turtle speed.
According to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, there were 49,665 confirmed cases and 674 deaths in Korea.
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