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The government will consider resuming a transition to living with COVID-19 and treating the virus like the seasonal flu, once critical cases and the fatality rate remain stable.
Senior health ministry official Lee Gi-il said on Friday that the government will lift quarantine regulations in phases under stabilized circumstances, even if new cases continue to rise.
The official said the transition will begin in phases after a comprehensive assessment of health care capacity, fatalities and critical cases.
Despite its rapid transmission, omicron critical cases and fatalities are about one-fifth to one-third of delta cases. Lee said the government won’t tighten quarantine unless the resurgence leads to an overload of critical patients or deaths.
The government, meanwhile, extended current social distancing rules, such as a gathering ban on more than six people, by another two weeks to monitor the situation following the Lunar New Year holiday.
Gov’t to Consider Transition to Treating COVID-19 Like Seasonal Flu
Source: Matira Matibay
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