Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun is presiding over a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters in response to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) held at the government office in Seoul on the morning of the 17th. yunhap news
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said that the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in 39 days exceeded 600, and appealed again for the public’s participation in the quarantine.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun presided over a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting at the government office in Seoul on the morning of the 17th and said, “It is the third day since the distancing stage has eased. The number of confirmed patients who had been slowing down for a while during the Lunar New Year holiday continued to increase, and today it has exceeded 600 again in 39 days since January 7th.”
He added, “What is more worrying than the quarantine situation that is walking on a thin ice plate is the weakened quarantine consciousness that is being revealed everywhere,” he said. He pointed out that when the bar closes at 10 p.m. due to limited business hours, some people move to the lodgings and continue drinking.”
Prime Minister Chung said, “The government’s lowering of the distance is not intended to loosen quarantine. The quarantine was more thorough, and it was an alternative that was devised after hard work for self-employed and small business owners to make a living,” he said. “The third epidemic of Corona 19 is not over yet. Some experts also warned the possibility of the 4th outbreak in March and April.”
In addition, “in order to completely suppress the third epidemic and start a new semester with vaccination in a stable situation, the citizens must be with us as’participating quarantine’. We do not find and abuse the quarantine rules, but we will bridge the gap together. He asked to fill in and make the embankment of quarantine even harder.”
Regarding the new distance reorganization plan, which will be applied from next month, “The core of sustainable quarantine is the quarantine that the citizens become the protagonist and practice by themselves. It is a delicate quarantine that suppresses activities with high risk of infection rather than unconditionally closing the door,” he explained. “It is based on autonomy rather than prioritizing surveillance and control, but also clarifies the responsibilities that follow.”
“The more the quarantine rules that the people made themselves, the easier it is to implement and practice in the field. During the reorganization process of the Jungsubon Silver Street, I ask you to fully collect opinions from all walks of life and devote all your efforts to creating a win-win reform plan for quarantine and public welfare.”
Prime Minister Jeong said, “The cold wave is raging, but tomorrow it is a rainy day that’the snow melts and becomes rain’. It’s nice to see spring melting the frozen ground, but the risk of possible safety accidents increases as the ground weakens.”
Therefore, “safety accidents that occur during the thawing season can lead to serious personal injury. Relevant ministries and local governments ordered the site to be inspected in advance, focusing on places with high risk of accidents such as construction sites and steep slopes, and take necessary supplementary measures.”
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