South Korea's school start time has been postponed. At present, novel coronavirus is likely to spread all over the world. Our neighboring country, South Korea, has nearly 5,000 confirmed cases. According to Yonhap News Agency's report on March 2, due to the COVID-19 epidemic, South Korea's national primary and secondary schools and kindergartens will be postponed for another two weeks, from the 9th to the 23rd.
Earlier, on February 23rd, the Ministry of Education postponed the start date from March 2nd to March 9th, and said that it would decide whether to postpone the start date again depending on the epidemic situation. It is reported that this is the first time that the Korean government has issued a suspension order nationwide.
Up to March 2nd18th, the latest diagnosis of the epidemic in Korea has reported a total of 4,335 confirmed cases, including 4,279 confirmed cases, 26 cumulative deaths and 30 cumulative cured and discharged cases.
In Asia, the number of people infected with COVID-19 is exploding, and the number of cases in this country has increased from 1 to 1000, which took more than 30 days. It took only four days to grow from 1000 to 4000.
According to the notification from the Central Anti-epidemic Countermeasures Headquarters of Korea, as of 4: 00 pm on March 2, 599 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Korea within 24 hours, with a total of 4,335 confirmed cases. Affected by the epidemic, Korean kindergartens, primary and secondary schools will be postponed for another two weeks, from March 9 to March 23. At present, nearly 90% of the cumulative confirmed cases in South Korea are located in Daegu and Gyeongsangbuk-do, and among the newly confirmed cases in March 1 day, China students also appeared for the first time.
The surge of medical treatment cases has brought great pressure on local medical resources. At present, four patients in Korea have died while being isolated at home, and more than 1600 confirmed patients are waiting for hospitalization at home. To this end, South Korea has adjusted its treatment plan, and will allocate limited beds to severe patients, while mild patients will be arranged to receive treatment at the "Life Treatment Center" located in public facilities.
According to the disclosure of the South Korean government, just two days ago, when two confirmed patients were isolated at home waiting for beds, they were sent to hospital and died because of their sudden deterioration. More and more people call on the government to take more detailed emergency measures to take care of different patients and prevent more people from dying while waiting for hospitalization.
In this regard, Daegu Mayor Quan Yongzhen lamented at the weekend press conference, "We have reached the limit of capacity, and the number of beds that can be guaranteed can't keep up with the increase of patients, and we are seriously short of medical staff."
According to the Daegu Municipal Government, as of March 1 day, Daegu has added 1329 beds, and 488 patients can be admitted to the hospital on weekends, but it still cannot meet the needs of blowout growth. As of 9: 00 a.m. on March 2, the latest report from the Korean CDC showed that 476 new cases were confirmed in COVID-19 that day, with a total of 42 12 cases and 24 deaths. Among them, Daegu accounted for nearly 3000 cases.