Prime Minister Jeong convenes emergency meeting on COVID-19... Reviews quarantine measures in Daegu and Gyeongbuk

Prime Minister Jeong Sye-kyun

[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun convened an emergency meeting on the 22nd to review quarantine measures in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, which are struggling due to a rapid increase in confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

At 2 p.m. that day, Prime Minister Chung held a COVID-19 quarantine measures meeting at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in the Government Seoul Office, connecting via video with Daegu Mayor Kwon Young-jin and Gyeongbuk Governor Lee Cheol-woo, along with Minister of Health and Welfare Park Neung-hoo and Minister of the Interior and Safety Jin Young.

The meeting plans to assess the current situation, including the spread of infection and the condition of confirmed patients in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions, and discuss support measures for human and material resources such as medical staff and negative pressure isolation beds, which are reported to be insufficient locally.

In particular, since COVID-19 testing is underway for members of the Shincheonji Daegu Church, there is a possibility of a large-scale outbreak of additional confirmed cases in Daegu. Therefore, all available resources will be mobilized to contain the spread.

Furthermore, as patients are occurring in most regions nationwide, the Prime Minister is expected to emphasize thorough measures to prevent the pattern of community infection, which is mainly appearing in Daegu and Gyeongbuk, from spreading nationwide.

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