The Covid-19-pandemic keeps the world in breath. More than 8.9 million people have been infected so far worldwide, with the novel Coronavirus, 189.947 in Germany – where it always comes back to local outbreaks.
Much earlier than I thought: In South Korea, the second wave is raging already
The health authorities in South Korea, the country now see a second wave of Coronavirus-spread-exposed. Originally, they had assumed that a second wave of Infection could begin in the fall or Winter, said the Director of the centers for disease control and prevention (KCDC), Jeong Eun Kyeong, according to the national news Agency Yonhap on Monday at a press conference. "Our prediction proved to be wrong." The focus of the second wave of the capital and the surrounding area, therefore, is first of all. In the Metropolitan area of Seoul, half of the approximately 51.6 million inhabitants live almost.
The assessment comes despite the fact that the authorities had previously reported the least country-wide increase in confirmed new infections with Sars-CoV-2 for almost a month. On Sunday 17 cases had been added. This was the first Time since the 26. May that fewer than 20 new infections were detected.
South Korea had loosened the restrictions of social contacts, and other protective measures against the Virus in the beginning of may. However, the authorities had since problems to get individual clusters of infection cases in the capital region, as the club guests, and churchgoers in the handle. The first wave dated Jeong until the end of April. The second wave spread out from the holiday days in may.
The majority of new infections in June of this related to Seoul and the surrounding area. The mayor of Seoul, Park Won Soon, has announced that further restrictions on public life, should exceed the number of new cases of infection, three days in a row 30, and the health system to be overloaded.
The total number of detected Coronavirus infections, therefore, rose to 12.438. So far, 280 of the deaths were brought a victim with the Virus in connection.
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