President Moon Jae-in announced the 'Ordinance to Mobilize All Available Resources' to prove the superiority of K-Quarantine of 'Test-Track-Treatment' in response to the international spread of delta mutations in Korea.
At a special quarantine meeting at the Blue House on the 12th, President Moon said, "We will mobilize all available resources to build a more compact quarantine network, such as conducting large-scale diagnostic tests and thorough epidemiological investigations." said.
President Moon said, "It is true that this outbreak is much more difficult and difficult to respond to as it is different from the past, when it occurred in specific facilities or groups." He said, "It is a situation of greater concern due to the rapid spread of delta mutations with high transmission power." "At times like this, we have to go back to the basics. The most effective response is to maximize the advantages of K-Quarantine, the method we know," he said. "He instructed the policy to achieve early quarantine by fully operating K quarantine.
President Moon said, "It is an emergency prescription to quickly stabilize the quarantine situation and prevent further damage and loss," said President Moon. "It will be a shortcut to speed up the return to daily life and minimize economic damage." 'National economic interest'.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned of a lambda mutation (C.37) from Peru on the 14th of last month, but it was already spreading in 29 countries at this time, CNBC reported in the US.
At the time, the WHO said, "The Peruvian government announced that 81% of all confirmed cases since April of this year were infected with the lambda mutation. said.
Regarding the lambda mutation, which is more concerned about the ineffectiveness of the vaccine than the delta from India, “The results of a study conducted on Chilean medical staff on medRxiv, a site for pre-publication of medical papers, showed that the lambda mutation reduced the neutralizing response of the vaccine by 3.05 times, thereby reducing the preventive effect. News 1 reported on the 12th that the results of the study have been published.
The Moon Jae-in government's corporate-led K quarantine is 'test → trace → treatment', and the bio stock price rises due to the early testing of Celltrion's treatment and national diagnostic kit, and the 'Corona Clean Country Program in the spring of 2021'. From the start, the corona vaccine was excluded from the beginning.
Welfare Minister Kwon Deok-cheol acknowledged the delta factor at a briefing on the 4th stage upgrade in the metropolitan area on the 9th, saying, "I think the surge in the mutant virus was the trigger."
On the 9th, Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom visited the Samseong Station Inspection Center and COEX Mall in Gangnam, Seoul and said, “90% of infections with the very strong delta mutant virus are occurring in the metropolitan area. He announced quarantine measures to block the spread of delta outside the metropolitan area by inspection.
On this day, the government highlighted Jung-gu, Gangnam, where the frequency of occurrence was high, in the order of '90% of infections in the metropolitan area' and the daily average of 7.2-8 per 100,000 people, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 10.7 >Jung-gu 9.7 >Yongsan-gu 8.3 >Jongno-gu 6.1.
It was revealed that only the metropolitan area was the basis for the decision to upgrade to the highest level, and after the delta spread, it showed a tracking method, starting with the first Chinese in the early stages of influx to China.