According to South Korean media reports, the South Korean Central Epidemic Prevention Countermeasures Headquarters reported on June 1 that as of 0:00 local time on the same day, South Korea had 459 new confirmed cases of infection with the new coronavirus (covid-19) compared with 0:00 the previous day, with a cumulative total of 140,799 confirmed cases. In addition, South Korea launched an online appointment for one million copies of Janssen's COVID-19 vaccine provided by the United States at 00:00 on the same day, and due to the excessive number of visits, the appointment webpage response was slow.
According to reports, the number of new cases in South Korea increased by 29 from the previous day, and it was less than 500 cases for three consecutive days. There has been a decrease in confirmed cases recently, but given that the impact of the decrease in the number of tests on weekends and holidays usually lasts until Tuesday, it is difficult to assert that the spread of the epidemic has improved. Moreover, there are collective infections in entertainment venues, and collective infections in nursing homes and schools, and the epidemic may spread at any time.
On May 7, staff at Incheon International Airport in South Korea strictly implemented epidemic prevention measures. Photo by Liu Xu, a reporter of China News Service
On the other hand, from 00:00 on the 1st in South Korea, online appointments for Janssen's new crown vaccine were launched. The vaccine was reserved for 3.7 million people over the age of 30, including reservists, civil defense officers, and defense and diplomacy-related personnel, while the number of vaccines was only 1 million copies, so the target personnel wanted to make an appointment first. And this batch of vaccines is provided by the United States, only one dose is required.
At 0:02 on the same day, the new crown vaccination appointment website showed that there were more than 30,000 people queuing for janssen vaccine appointments, and the expected waiting time was 33 minutes and 44 seconds. Many netizens posted that they could not make an appointment because they omitted their names from the list of civil defense team members. The staff of Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul City, said that an error and omission occurred in the process of sending the list of civil defense team members to the City of Seoul, which has been corrected and can be booked normally from 8:30 a.m. on the same day.
Data map: Near the Gangnam Samseong Station subway station in Seoul, South Korea, people wait outside the temporary screening station for testing. China News Service reporter Zeng Nai photographed
Among the new cases on the same day, there were 449 cases of community infection, including 278 cases (61.9%) in the metropolitan area and 171 cases (38.1%) in the non-metropolitan area. There were 10 imported cases abroad, of which 4 were confirmed during the entry quarantine process and 6 were confirmed during the post-entry quarantine period.
On the same day, there were 4 new deaths, with a cumulative death of 1963 cases, with an average fatality rate of 1.39%. The total number of cured and released cases is 131,463, and the number of patients who are receiving isolation treatment is 7,373. So far, a total of 9,798,402 people have been tested for the virus, of which 9,529,991 are negative and 127,612 are yet to be tested.
Source: China News Network