On the 31st at Seoul Gwangjang Market, a merchant is watching the government’s announcement of the extension of distance distance on TV and looking at the February calendar. News 1
On the 31st, the government decided to extend the current social distancing stage, which is the 2.5th stage in the metropolitan area and the second stage in the non-metropolitan area, for two more weeks until the 14th, the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, banning private gatherings with more than 5 people, and maintaining restaurant business restrictions after 9pm. I did it. However, regulations in some industries have been relaxed, such as allowing the use of shower rooms in indoor sports facilities after 9pm in winter sports facilities such as ski resorts.
At the end of last year, the number of new confirmed cases decreased from around 1,000 to 300 to 400 in the new year, and there was an expectation that the government would reduce the distance distancing level at one time, but it rebounded again due to the occurrence of large-scale patients in unlicensed alternative educational facilities operated by IM Mission. Seems to have influenced the government’s decision. The infectious material production index has recently exceeded 1, and the amount of weekend movement in the metropolitan area has been increasing compared to the previous week for three consecutive weeks.
However, it is impossible to demand the sacrifice of strong distancing measures for self-employed people who have been driven to the edge of the corona crisis without promise. In the metropolitan area, the 2.5 stage of the semi-blockade continues for more than 8 weeks, and restaurants and karaoke owners who are about to start a new year strongly opposed the measures to keep the distance. This is the reason why the government and the ruling party should speed up the preparation of support measures for them, beyond the efforts made on quarantine measures.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said on this day, “It is a real regret and regret when I think of the numerous self-employed people who are enduring day by day with their opening closed.” Legislation of the loss compensation system, which is a fundamental solution, requires sufficient opinion and review, but speed is vital to urgent support for those who have to drown and catch straw. In this regard, it is unnecessary for some of the ruling party to discuss the plan for parallel payments to the general public while discussing the 4th disaster subsidies targeting small businesses and the underprivileged. In March, we hope that the discussion will be concentrated to ensure that strong support is provided to the affected class.
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