The elderly, children and adolescents lead the recent COVID-19 outbreak
Advance reservations for vaccinations for 12-17 years of age, additional progress until the 31st of the following month
Review of introduction of ‘Quarantine Pass’ for teenagers, karaoke rooms, PC rooms, etc. excluding schools
The final decision on whether to introduce a youth quarantine pass or not, after consultation with the Ministry of Education
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As the number of infected children and adolescents who have not been vaccinated increases one after another, the risk of the spread of COVID-19 is increasing.
The government is rushing to get booster vaccinations from the elderly, and is actively reviewing the introduction of quarantine passes in high-risk facilities used by young people.
By Lee Hyung-won.
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The two axes that are leading the recent COVID-19 epidemic are the elderly and children and adolescents.
Despite the number of new confirmed cases of around 3,000, which is less than the 5,000 new confirmed cases predicted by the government as a crisis situation, the medical capacity is reaching its limit and the number of fatalities and severe cases is increasing, especially because there are many elderly patients over the age of 60.
Breakthrough infections follow as time passes after the completion of vaccination.
In response, the government hastened the booster vaccination by shortening the interval to 4 months for people over the age of 60 and 5 months for those in their 50s.
[박 향 / 중앙사고수습본부 방역총괄반장 : 요양병원과 요양시설 등을 대상으로 추가접종에 속도를 높이도록 하겠습니다. 그래서 11월 26일까지, 늦어도 말까지는 접종을 완료하도록 최선을 다하겠습니다.]
The number of confirmed cases in children and adolescents also remained high, accounting for 16% of new cases.
This is due to the fact that there are many unvaccinated people, but the completion rate of vaccinations 12-17 years old is only 15.4%.
The government is making additional reservations until the 31st of next month, and is actively reviewing whether to apply the ‘Quarantine Pass’ to teenagers.
The plan is to expand the ‘Quarantine Pass’ system to teenagers, which requires them to issue a certificate of completion of vaccination or a negative PCR test when using a facility vulnerable to infection.
It is likely to be introduced in non-essential multi-use facilities such as karaoke rooms and PC rooms, except for schools.
[박 향 / 중앙사고수습본부 방역총괄반장 : 18세 이하의 아동·청소년들이 주로 이용하는 다중이용시설에 대해서는 방역패스 적용 확대를 적극 검토해 나갈 예정입니다.]
The decision on whether to introduce the youth quarantine pass will be finalized after discussion with the Daily Recovery Support Committee and after consultation with relevant ministries such as the Ministry of Education.
This is YTN Lee Hyung-won.
YTN Lee Hyung-won (lhw90@ytn.co.kr)
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