leaders does new cove at 19 cases in the country have exceeded 7000 for the 1st time. prime minister kim boy kim is concerned about the increasing number of patients who are critically o warned. the threat of the new omicron variant is becoming apparent. last week, the government announced strictest social distancing measures contain the outbreak . doctor alice town specializes in disease prevention at miss metty women's hospital and is a former associate professor at the samsung medical center. she says, case is started climbing again off to south korea. east measures in november listed many restrictions, including allowing visitations to long term care facilities such as complex hospitals and nursing homes. unfortunately, we did not take into account the amount of waning of community that had occurred, especially in people older than 60 years old. and so with measures lifted, there was an increase in community transmission which we expected. but unfortunately, there was also a huge spike in break infections, especially in people age 60 and above. and that's what caused a huge increase in the n