On May 23, the Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters of South Korea notified that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had added 9,975 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia within 24 hours, with a total of 17,967,672 confirmed cases. This is South Korea’s single-day newly confirmed cases since January this year. For the first time since the 25th, the number of cases dropped below 10,000. There were 22 new deaths that day, with a total of 23,987 deaths, and there were 225 severe patients, a decrease of 4 cases from the previous day.
The South Korean epidemic prevention department said that although the number of newly confirmed cases in South Korea is decreasing, the rate of decrease is slowing down, and the epidemic is likely to come back again. reach peak popularity.
In addition, the South Korean government has allowed overseas arrivals to enter South Korea with a negative result of a rapid antigen test conducted at a medical and health institution from the 23rd. Previously, the South Korean government required all people entering the country to issue a negative nucleic acid test certificate within 48 hours before entering the country. After 23 days, you can choose one of nucleic acid test and rapid antigen test, and you can enter South Korea after getting a negative test result. However, the Korean government does not recognize the results of the self-testing rapid antigen.
Post time: May-27-2022