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| Interior Minister Lee Sang-min speaks during a COVID-19 response meeting in the Government Complex in Seoul, May 31. Yonhap |
The government will expand face-to-face treatment for COVID-19 patients, Interior Minister Lee Sang-min said Tuesday.
Lee made the remarks during a COVID-19 response meeting, saying the government will lower the amount of remote monitoring for high-risk COVID-19 patients under home treatment from the current twice a day to one starting Monday.
Instead, the government is working to increase the number of local clinics that provide face-to-face treatment for COVID-19 patients, the minister said. As of Monday, there had been 6,446 clinics across the country.
On Tuesday, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency reported 17,191 new COVID-19 infections for the previous day, raising the total caseload to 18,103,638.
The government will also actively consider remodeling and building new crematoriums based on a forecast of the possible resurgence of the pandemic and the inflow of new variants, Lee said.
Under the plan, 238 crematoriums across the country will undergo remodeling. (Yonhap)
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