How are you spending the Saturday before the Lunar New Year holidays? Some changes have occurred in the COVID-19 prevention regulations. It was decided to extend the business of restaurants and cafes in the non-metropolitan area by 1 hour until 10pm. However, as there is a risk of re-proliferation in the metropolitan area, the 9 p.m. business restriction was maintained.
Today (6th) News, reporter Jeong Seong-jin starts.
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The 9:00 p.m. business restrictions for multi-use facilities nationwide have been around for about two months since December 8th last year.
The government’s delay of the business time limit by one hour only for non-metropolitan areas is considered to be a measure taking into account both the livelihood of self-employed persons complaining of extreme damage and the situation of the corona spread.
In the non-metropolitan area, the average number of patients per day declined from 180 to 97 this week, showing a stable decline.
However, in the metropolitan area, the average number of patients per day increased rather than last week, and the decline was stagnant, and more than 70% of all confirmed cases are concentrated in the metropolitan area, which is a risk of reproliferation.
[강도태/보건복지부 2차관 : 3차 유행이 재확산되는 상황으로 반전된 것은 아니지만, 감소세가 정체되고 재확산의 위험이 존재하는 국면으로 (분석됩니다.)]
Accordingly, multi-use facilities such as restaurants, cafes, indoor sports facilities, and singing practice areas in the non-metropolitan area will be open until 10:00 p.m. from Monday the 8th.
It seems that 580,000 businesses in the non-metropolitan area will be covered.
In the case of metropolitan areas such as Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi-do, the business hours are maintained until 9 o’clock.
[정세균/국무총리 : 정부는 원스트라이크 아웃제를 통해, 성실히 방역 수칙을 지키는 시설과 그렇지 못한 곳을 엄격히 분리하여 관리하겠습니다.]
The government has decided to issue a two-week collective ban on facilities that violate the quarantine regulations so that easing measures in the non-metropolitan area will not lead to a re-proliferation tax.
(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Park Player)
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