Flu and COVID-19 Twin Pandemic Realized?...Quarantine Authorities Encourage Vaccination Ahead of Lunar New Year
Jan 08, 2025
Amid the recent surge in influenza cases, the number of COVID-19 hospitalized patients has also increased, and quarantine authorities are encouraging vaccinations.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 8th, 73.9 out of 1,000 outpatients who visited 300 influenza sample monitoring medical institutions nationwide were suspected of influenza in the last week of last year (December 22-28). This is a 2.4-fold increase from the previous week's 31.3. The number of new COVID-19 patients was 111, an increase of about 1.7 times from 66 the previous week.
Concerns over influenza and COVID-19 infection are growing as more movement and contact are expected ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Accordingly, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends vaccination in advance.
Influenza vaccinations are being conducted for people 65 years of age or older, pregnant women, and 6 months to 13 years of age, and COVID-19 vaccinations are also being implemented for those 65 years of age or older, those who are at high risk for COVID-19, and those who are hospitalized and admitted to infectious facilities 6 months or older, and those who are immunocompromised.
Ji Young-mi, the head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, `To spend a safe and healthy time with your family during the Lunar New Year holiday, we hope that high-risk groups such as those aged 65 or older who have not yet been vaccinated, pregnant women, and children should also be vaccinated.'
Meanwhile, medical institutions and public health centers that can be vaccinated against influenza and COVID-19 can be found on the vaccination assistant website.
According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on the 8th, 73.9 out of 1,000 outpatients who visited 300 influenza sample monitoring medical institutions nationwide were suspected of influenza in the last week of last year (December 22-28). This is a 2.4-fold increase from the previous week's 31.3. The number of new COVID-19 patients was 111, an increase of about 1.7 times from 66 the previous week.
Concerns over influenza and COVID-19 infection are growing as more movement and contact are expected ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. Accordingly, the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends vaccination in advance.
|
Ji Young-mi, the head of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said, `To spend a safe and healthy time with your family during the Lunar New Year holiday, we hope that high-risk groups such as those aged 65 or older who have not yet been vaccinated, pregnant women, and children should also be vaccinated.'
Meanwhile, medical institutions and public health centers that can be vaccinated against influenza and COVID-19 can be found on the vaccination assistant website.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
