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대통령실이 14일 최근 코로나19 재확산 관련해 "8월 말까지 유행이 지속될 걸로 전망된다"며 "이달 안에 치료제를 추가 확보 예정"이라고 밝혔다.
대통령실 관계자는 이날 오후 용산 대통령실에서 취재진과 만나 "매년 여름·겨울에 (코로나19가) 재유행해왔던 특징을 본다면 올해도 8월 말까지는 유행이 지속될 걸로 전망된다"고 전했다.
그러면서 "최근 유행하는 코로나19는 전파력·중증도 면에서 팬데믹 상황까지 재현될 가능성은 그렇게 높지 않아 보인다"며 "하지만 정부는 선제적 대응에 나설 것"이라고 전했다.
또 "정부는 치료제 사용에 부족없도록 이달 안에 치료제를 추가 확보해 공급할 예정이며 중증 입원 환자 진료 체계도 지속 점검 중"이라며 "정부 내 대응 조직을 확대 강화해 코로나19 변이를 감시할 것이며 입원 환자 발생·국외 동향 등을 면밀히 모니터링하고 있다는 점도 말씀드린다"고 덧붙였다.
한편 최근 외교·안보 분야 핵심 관계자들 연쇄 인사 이동에 대해선 "이번 외교·안보 라인 인사는 외교·국방 최강팀을 구축키 위한 것"이라며 "특정인을 앉히기 위해 인사가 있었다는 보도는 터무니없고 근거 없는 주장"이라고 전했다.
이어 "중동 위기 고조·미국 대선·러시아·북한 밀착 등 긴박하게 급변하는 세계정세에 따라 대통령께서 오랫동안 인사를 구상하셨다"며 "지난 북대서양조약기구(NATO·나토) 정상회의 순방 때 이미 고민하신 부분"이라고 밝혔다.
그러면서 "현재 국가정보원장도 정통 외교관 출신"이라며 "이번 인사는 외교 라인을 좀 더 효율적으로 가동키 위한 구상이지 일각서 주장하는 외교 라인 배제는 절대 아니다"고 전했다.
더불어 "김용현 국방장관 후보자는 북한에서 가장 무서워한다는 김관진 전 안보실장이 최우선 추천할 정도로 국가·대북관이 투철하고 군 내 신망이 두터운 인물"이라고 강조했다.
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Office of the President: "COVID-19 to continue to spread until the end of August.. Additional treatments to be secured"
"The recent COVID-19 pandemic is unlikely to recur in terms of its transmissibility and severity. This personnel change in the diplomatic and security lines is aimed at building the strongest diplomatic and defense team."
-kihong Kim reporter
The Office of the President announced on the 14th regarding the recent resurgence of COVID-19, “It is expected that the epidemic will continue until the end of August,” and “We plan to secure additional treatments within this month.”
An official from the Office of the President met with reporters at the Presidential Office in Yongsan that afternoon and said, “Considering the characteristics of the resurgence of (COVID-19) every summer and winter, it is expected that the epidemic will continue until the end of August this year as well.”
He added, “The recent COVID-19 epidemic does not seem to have a high possibility of reproducing a pandemic situation in terms of transmissibility and severity,” and “However, the government will take preemptive measures.”
He also added, “The government plans to secure additional treatments within this month to ensure that there is no shortage of treatments, and is also continuously inspecting the treatment system for severely ill hospitalized patients.” He added, “We will expand and strengthen the government’s response organization to monitor COVID-19 mutations, and we are closely monitoring the occurrence of hospitalized patients and overseas trends.”
Meanwhile, regarding the recent chain of personnel changes in the diplomatic and security sectors, he said, “These diplomatic and security personnel changes are intended to build the strongest diplomatic and defense team,” and “The reports that there were personnel changes to appoint specific individuals are absurd and groundless claims.”
He continued, “The president has been planning personnel changes for a long time in response to the rapidly changing global situation, including the heightened Middle East crisis, the US presidential election, and the close relationship between Russia and North Korea,” and “This is something he had already considered during his visit to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit.”
He added, “The current director of the National Intelligence Service is also a former diplomat,” and “This personnel change is intended to operate the diplomatic line more efficiently, and is absolutely not the exclusion of the diplomatic line, as some claim.”
He also emphasized, “The nominee for Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun is a person with a thoroughgoing view on the country and North Korea, and he is trusted within the military, to the point that former National Security Office Director Kim Kwan-jin, who is said to be the most feared person in North Korea, recommended him as the top priority.”
