Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun. News 1
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said at the corona critical script meeting held at the government office in Seoul on the 31st at 3 pm, “The government intends to extend the current distancing stage and quarantine standards for two weeks until the end of the New Year.”
Due to the re-proliferation of Corona 19, the government is implementing quarantine measures such as distance between the metropolitan area 2.5 and non-metropolitan areas, and prohibiting private gatherings of 5 or more people.
Prime Minister Chung said in his remarks on the day, “The third epidemic, which had been slowing down for a while, following a group infection from the IM mission last week, recently threatened our daily life again, such as hospitals, workplaces, game rooms, and sports facilities.” We will only normalize some of the quarantine measures that have been strengthened.”
He added, “It is because the vaccination and school opening in March can be achieved without a hitch only when the strongest 3rd spread is stabilized until the Lunar New Year holiday, and the recovery of precious daily life can be accelerated by using this as a foothold.”
He also expressed his regret for the self-employed, saying, “The people who hurt the most when deciding on this quarantine measure are small business owners and self-employed people across the country.”
Prime Minister Chung said on the 30th that there was a notification about domestically supplied vaccines through the COVAX Facility. “As of mid-February, 117,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine, about 60,000 people will enter Korea.”
“The AstraZeneca vaccine through COVAX is also approved for emergency use by WHO, and in the first half, at least 1.3 million people and maximum 2.19 million people are introduced, of which at least 300,000 people will be supplied during February and March.” The AstraZeneca vaccine, which has been signed by a separate contract, will be supplied from the end of February if it passes the approval of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, so the vaccine introduction and vaccination schedule in the first quarter has become more visible,” he added.
“Please prepare for the vaccination and response promotion team of all ministries so that the vaccination can begin without any disruption as soon as the vaccine arrives.” “Please prepare thoroughly according to the actual situation through mock training and rehearsal that will be conducted from this week.” Said.
He said, “Even at this moment, there are many medical professionals struggling with Corona 19 in medical fields nationwide. We are deeply grateful for your hard work and dedication, and I ask you to do your best but also take care of your own safety.” I finished speaking.
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