-In the first week of August, 861 COVID-19 patients were hospitalized in 220 surveillance medical institutions nationwide.
The number of patients soared more than 9 times compared to a month ago, and the number of prescriptions for treatment also increased 26 times during the same period.
-In addition to COVID-19, hand, foot and mouth disease, which causes blisters on the mouth and hands and feet, whooping cough, a coughing disease in children, and pneumonia are also spreading.
However, the supply of treatment drugs is not keeping up with demand.
The simplest prevention is to wear a mask, which reduces the chance of infection.