Announcement of distancing adjustment this afternoon… We are also interested in the extension of the’no meetings for more than 5 people’
Kim Eun-ji, reporter at Busan.com [email protected]
Input: 2021-01-31 07:09:24Revision: 2021-01-31 07:23:14Published: 2021-01-31 07:24:48
On the morning of the 29th, shops in Myeong-dong, Jung-gu, one of Seoul’s core commercial districts, were closed and closed. yunhap news
The government announces a plan to adjust’social distancing’ this afternoon (31st).
In the last week (1.24~30), the number of new confirmed cases per day was 392 → 437 → 349 → 559 → 497 → 469 → 458, with an average of 452 cases per day. The Infectious Reproduction Index has also exceeded 1.
The aftermath of group infection from IM Mission continues, and cases of group outbreaks are continuing in various places, including Hanyang University Hospital in Seoul. The quarantine authorities are paying close attention because a group diagnosis of a large general hospital in Seoul may lead to’n-th infection’.
The quarantine regulations are being applied in 2.5 stages in the metropolitan area and 2 stages in the non-metropolitan area, and have been around since the 8th of last month. The government will determine whether to extend the’distance adjustment plan’ and the’prohibition of private gatherings for more than 5 people’, taking into account the pattern of patient outbreaks, infection spread, and expert opinion.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun attended the Broadcast Reporters Club debate held at the Korean Artists Center on the 28th and said, “There was a discussion on the original distance reduction adjustment.” Revealed.
Earlier, the Ministry of Public Administration and Security announced on the 26th that as part of the New Year’s special quarantine countermeasures, △Prohibition of eating indoors at rest areas △Selling only window seats for railroad tickets △Recommending priority reservation of window seats for express and intercity buses. This is the same measure as in Chuseok, and voices came out that it was difficult to lower the distance.
After the final discussion at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting presided over by Prime Minister Chung Sye-gyun at 3 pm, the results will be announced through a briefing at 4:30.
“The trend of corona 19 confirmed patients, which has been stable for a while, continues to spread to 400 people due to the outbreak of group infection at the Daejeon IM Mission,” said Jeon Jeon-cheol, 2nd deputy chief of the scholarship (Minister of Public Administration and Security) at a meeting the day before. “We are reviewing the change of social distancing stage more carefully than ever in consideration of the situation,” he said.
Kim Eun-ji, reporter at Busan.com [email protected]