The government decided to maintain social distancing, which is the 2.5th stage in the metropolitan area and the second stage in the non-metropolitan area, until the 14th. On the afternoon of the 2nd, 10 days before Lunar New Year, Seomun Market, Daegu’s largest traditional market, is busy due to the aftermath of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) and distance distancing. yunhap news
The government has decided to maintain social distancing, which is currently the 2.5th stage in the metropolitan area and the second stage in the non-metropolitan area, until the 14th. However, in order to relieve the pain of self-employed people, the operating hours of restaurants and cafes in the non-metropolitan area are extended by one hour to 10 pm. The metropolitan area maintains the existing 9 p.m. business restriction.
The Central Safety Disaster Countermeasure Headquarters (Company) made this announcement at a regular briefing on the 6th. “The number of patients in the non-metropolitan area decreased from 180 to 97 this week from 180 last week (daily average), but the number of patients in the metropolitan area is 258, a slight increase from 244 last week,” said ” It was decided to maintain the 2.5th stage of the metropolitan area and the second stage of the non-metropolitan area until Sunday, February 14th.”
On the 31st of last month, the government has decided to re-discuss the adjustment of distance while maintaining the core quarantine measures, while observing the trend of patient outbreaks and infection patterns for the next one week.
After watching the situation for a week as announced, the metropolitan area maintains the existing business restrictions at 9 pm, and only the non-capital areas (excluding Gwangju), where the average number of patients per day has decreased, reduces the operating hours of facilities such as restaurants, cafes, indoor sports facilities, and singing practice. I decided to extend it by an hour until 10 pm. The mitigation measures will be applied from 00:00 on the 8th. There are about 580,000 facilities in the non-metropolitan area, including restaurants, cafés, indoor sports facilities, and singing practice areas, to which the business restrictions are eased by this measure.
Sohn Young-rae, head of the social strategy group at Heavy Water Headquarters, said, “In view of the current risks, it was judged that it was dangerous to lift the quarantine rules at once. We decided to promote an extension plan while minimizing it.”
The city of Gwangju, which was left out of this measure, will be announced later through internal discussions after further monitoring of the situation as a group infection continues at Gwangju TCS International School.
The ban on groups of 5 or more is maintained until the Lunar New Year holidays. No exceptions are made except for families living together. “The idea of allowing a little family on New Year’s Day came out at some local government meetings, but I was advised by experts that returning home and moving to the New Year holidays is quite dangerous in the current situation,” said Sohn, head of strategy group. “In order to consistently give a message to refrain from visiting friends or returning home, the family decided to maintain the current principles without exception,” said the head of Strategic Group Son.
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