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As the government decided to apply a new’social distance’ system from March in response to the prolonged coronavirus infection (Corona 19), attention is drawn to its background and content.
Social distancing is a traditional way to respond to infectious diseases by minimizing contact between people and preventing transmission.
For the past year, the government has restricted the operation of multi-use facilities to prevent people from gathering, and to increase its effectiveness, some facilities have even mobilized an administrative order to stop the business.
In the early days of the Corona 19 epidemic, the operation of entertainment facilities, religious facilities, and indoor sports facilities was limited, but when the applicable facilities were expanded in June last year, distances were divided into steps 1 to 3 according to the intensity of quarantine measures. In November, it was subdivided into five stages.
The government’s attempt to reorganize the distance distancing system is based on the judgment that the current distancing system did not have a clear quarantine effect in the process of responding to the’third pandemic’ that began in mid-November last year.
This is because small-scale infections caused by personal contact occurred sporadically across the country in the third pandemic, unlike the previous first and second outbreaks in which a large number of confirmed cases were poured in some specific facilities.
In addition, as the Corona 19 incident persisted for more than a year, national fatigue was severe, and the issue of equity between industries and facilities arose despite restrictions on the operation of multi-use facilities.
The keywords for this reorganization of distance are expected to be’autonomy’ and’responsibility’.
President Moon Jae-in said at a meeting of the Blue House chief and aides on the 15th, “We will change to a method that strictly restricts violations of the quarantine rules while minimizing mandatory measures such as ban on assembly and business restrictions.” We want to switch to quarantine based on responsibility and responsibility.”
President Moon continued, “Instead of expanding the way of living by expanding autonomy, it is to increase accountability. Instead, we should take reinforced measures such as’One Strike Out’ for violations of the quarantine regulations to prevent gaps. “I emphasized.
In this regard, the central quarantine countermeasures headquarters (Bang Dae-bon) minimized the restrictions on the operation of multi-use facilities at the’Open Discussion for Social Distancing System Reorganization’ held on the 9th. Has suggested an improvement plan to strengthen the content.
In addition, there is a plan to evaluate the risk level for each multi-use facility and classify the places where the transmission of infectious diseases is expected to be high based on this as a’critical management facility’.
Currently, the priority management facilities are ▲ 5 types of entertainment facilities (Amusement Izakaya, Danran Izakaya, Gamseong Izakaya, Collate, Hunting Pocha) ▲ Singing practice hall ▲ Indoor standing performance hall ▲ Door-to-door sales direct sales promotion hall ▲ Restaurants and cafes. This may increase further.
No more than 5 people (GIF)As the current distance is criticized that it is difficult to respond quickly due to the complexity of distancing, measures to reduce the steps are being considered.
Kim Moran, a professor at the National Cancer Center, International Graduate School of Cancer, proposed a new distancing system consisting of life quarantine (step 0) and steps 1, 2 and 3 at a previous discussion.
Professor Ki presented the infection reproduction index, the number of confirmed patients per day based on regional outbreaks, and the positive rate compared to the number of tests per day as a standard for adjustment at the time.
In addition, as it is evaluated that the’prohibition of private gatherings with more than 5 people’ was evaluated to have been effective in reducing the scale of this third pandemic, measures to limit the size of private gatherings may be included in the new distance system.
In the discussion meeting, Prof. Ki discussed how to limit the size of private meetings to less than 20 people in step 0, less than 10 people in step 1, less than 5 people in step 2, and less than 3 people in step 3.
While restrictions on the operation of multi-use facilities are an indirect way to curb human contact, banning meetings is a direct form.
Under the current distance, meetings and events with more than 100 people are prohibited in the second stage, and 50 or more and 10 or more people are banned in stages 2.5 and 3, respectively.
In this regard, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters 1 General Coordinator of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in this regard should emphasize the quarantine rules for personal activities, such as prohibiting private gatherings of 5 or more people, considering the importance of “infection (management) by personal contact. I think there is,” he said, suggesting that he is reviewing the related content.
He also said, “As Korea’s medical system is in a state of increased quarantine capacity, we are looking to reflect this and expand the standard for the distancing stage more than the current one. If we consider sustainability in the long term ( ) We plan to review more precise quarantine rules rather than measures such as’ban of gatherings’,” he explained.
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