South Korea Becoming Concerned by Growing Coronavirus Cases Caused by Cluster Infections
I have been saying for months that reacting to cluster infections would be the new reality for South Korea until a vaccine is developed and it appears that this will be the case:
South Korea’s new coronavirus cases rose by triple digits for the second day Monday, with a series of cluster infections being reported from venues of everyday life, ranging from markets to family gatherings, straining the country’s anti-virus fight.
The country added 126 more COVID-19 cases, including 99 local infections, raising the total caseload to 27,553, according to the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA).
It marked a slight drop from 143 cases added on Sunday, but Monday’s caseloads are relatively high given the lower number of tests carried out over the weekend.
South Korea, which has been striving to curb COVID-19 from hospitals and nursing homes, recently saw more sporadic cluster infections at risk-prone facilities, such as nursing homes and private gatherings.
Over the past two weeks, around 35.7 percent of the newly added cases have been group infections, with some 13.6 percent not having clear transmission routes.
Yonhap
South Korea might be stressing about being in triple digits of daily coronavirus infections in a country of 51 million people, but this is basically what large U.S. cities are facing every day. For example the city of El Paso, Texas when I checked their dashboard had 899 new cases.
Cases. Not Hospitalizations. Not Deaths. They’re panicking over Cases……
XiNN must be the more reliable news in Korea…
No wonder they elected Moon…
Both neighbors have had covid. First the neighbors to the right (in their mid and late 70s). They took a few weeks to get over it but never had to be hospitalized. Now the neighbors to the left (in their 50s). They got over it for the most part in a couple of days. Yes, not everyone gets over it that quickly. Yes, the potential longterm consequence might be a problem. But still.
No one I know has had it. Relatives of people I work with have died; but they were all very sick to begin with. Deaths of loved ones are tragic; but government response to this has been asinine. There were more serious pandemics in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and even during SCOAMF’s 8 years.
The answer to everything is not “moar gummint”…
The answer to everything is not “moar gummint”…
Sorry, setnaffa. I disagree. Take this example:
“I have a noose, a pitchfork, a black rifle, and tar & feathers. Upon what should I use everything?”
LOL, I stand corrected.