Concerns over the resurgence of COVID-19 in China...What's the situation in Korea?
May 19, 2025
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According to Hong Kong's health authorities and media reports, the number of COVID-19-related deaths over the past four weeks was about 30, with about 40% of 81 severe adult patients dying during this period. The rate of confirmed COVID-19 also increased from 6.21% on the 6th and 12th of last month to 13.66%, the highest in a year from the 4th to the 10th of this month.
In mainland China, the number of COVID-19 infections in various regions has been on the rise since last month. According to the China Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the COVID-19 positivity rate increased from 7.5% on March 30 to April 6 to 16.2% on May 4-10.
The number of confirmed cases has also increased significantly this month to the extent that Singapore also announced its first statistical update of infections in about a year. The estimated number of confirmed cases in the week from the 27th of last month to the 3rd of this month was 14,200, an increase of 28% from the previous week. The number of inpatients also increased by 30% over the same period.
For this reason, concerns about inflow and spread of domestic products have been raised.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's weekly COVID-19 outbreak statistics, the number of inpatients (221 sample monitoring medical institutions) in the 19th week of this year (May 4-10) was 146, up from 115 in the previous week. However, the trend over the past eight weeks has been slightly increasing and decreasing within the box. The COVID-19 pathogen detection rate in the 'National Respiratory Virus Pathogen Integrated Surveillance System' is 2.8%, continuing to decline from 13.1% at week 13.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention "The number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients has increased slightly compared to the previous week, but it is about 14% of all acute respiratory patients"Virus detection rate has decreased for six consecutive weeks, and treatment use has decreased"However, considering the COVID-19 epidemic last year, we cannot rule out the possibility of an epidemic this summer, and we will closely monitor the domestic situation and overseas trends as the outbreak in Hong Kong and elsewhere increases."," he said.
Meanwhile, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the major COVID-19 mutant virus currently circulating overseas, including Hong Kong, is a split variant from JN.1, which is currently effective against JN.1. The COVID-19 vaccination for the 2024-2025 season, which was scheduled to end last month, has been extended until the 30th of next month.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
