Input 2021.03.01 08:26
According to the Central Defense Countermeasure Headquarters (Bangdaebon) on the 1st, there were 356 new corona19 confirmed cases as of 0 o’clock the previous day. The number of tests decreased by 59 from the previous day (415), due to the decrease in the number of tests on weekends than on weekdays.
As the number of tests decreased on the eve of the holiday, the number of new confirmed cases to be announced as of 0 o’clock on that day is also expected to be less than 400.
However, there is still a high risk of re-proliferation in the metropolitan area. The scale of infection in cases of collective outbreaks in workplaces and workplaces, including plastic manufacturers in Jingwan Industrial Complex in Namyang-si, Gyeonggi-do (191 people cumulatively) and three rebar manufacturers (24 people) in Yangju-si, is increasing day by day.
A total of 11 people related to the music tutoring academy in Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, and 9 people at a children’s facility located in Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul each have been diagnosed with daily infections.
Among them, the government is keenly aware of whether the 3/1 urban rally will become a variable for re-proliferation.
According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, as of the 26th of last month, a total of 1670 cases were reported for urban gatherings, with a total of 2,500 attendees. The assembly is held in various forms, such as press conferences, single-person protests, and rallies with nine or less people, and the quarantine authorities explain that the risk of spreading through droplets is high as they often shout slogans together.
Sohn Young-rae, head of the social strategy team at the Central Accident Control Headquarters, said at a briefing the day before, “especially in the metropolitan area, as there is a high risk of (reproliferation), please keep the minimum number of people in the meeting.” “You shouldn’t shout slogans together while keeping your distance away. Also, it’s a dangerous behavior that must be avoided before and after meetings.”
The city of Seoul is planning to immediately prosecute illegal assemblies and impose administrative dispositions such as fines for violations of quarantine rules.
School quarantine management is also’emergency’ ahead of the new semester.
In the case of schools in the metropolitan area where the 2nd step of distance is applied, the density is 1/3 as a rule (less than 2/3 for high schools), but up to 2/3 are allowed. In non-metropolitan areas, classes are attended to school while complying with the guidelines of “less than two-thirds of density”.
However, in the case of the 1st and 2nd grades of elementary schools nationwide, they will attend school every day, excluding the density level.
Kwon Deok-cheol, the first deputy chief of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (Spanish), said at the squadron meeting the day before, “Because the amount of movement is expected to increase further due to the opening of schools in the future, we should be more careful.”