The flower sales stand in front of a high school in Guro-gu, Seoul, where the graduation ceremony is held on the morning of the 5th, is showing a slack due to the influence of access control to outsiders, including parents, due to the novel coronavirus (Corona 19) outbreak. News 1
On the 6th, the government eased the time limit for multi-use facilities such as restaurants and cafes by 1 hour until 10 pm in the non-capital area, while small business owners and self-employed people in the area are protesting while maintaining the metropolitan area. Gwangju is a non-metropolitan area, but the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is not declining, so after seeing the trend of confirmed cases, it was decided whether to ease the business restrictions.
Gang-tae, the 1st general coordinator of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, said in an online briefing, “Non-capital restaurants, cafes, indoor sports facilities, and singing training centers, which are currently required to operate until 9 pm, can extend their operating hours until 10 pm.” “Each local government can decide to maintain or ease measures in consideration of the corona19 epidemic situation,” he said. The number of corona19 confirmed cases in the non-metropolitan area is steadily decreasing, and it is interpreted as a measure taking into account the difficulties of small business owners and self-employed people.
However, in the case of the metropolitan area and Gwangju, it was decided to keep the operating time limit as it is. This is because the reproliferation trend is remarkable in the metropolitan area, and sporadic infections and mutant virus infections are spreading in everyday life spaces such as restaurants and workplaces.
General Coordinator Kang 1 said, “We are well aware that the economic difficulties of the common people and the inconvenience of the people are great, but the risk of Corona 19 is still high and there is also the risk of re-proliferation through the Lunar New Year holidays.”
Citizens who visited the temporary screening center for the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in the Seoul Station Plaza on the morning of the 6th, the first holiday in February, are waiting for the test. yunhap news
Self-employed non-submission, a demonstration to open on 7-9
Small business owners and self-employed businesses in the metropolitan area who expected to ease the business hours and social distancing steps ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays are greatly disappointed.
An official in a restaurant in Namdong-gu, Incheon, said, “I hoped that I could open it for an hour, but it is very regrettable that it is maintained.” said.
Netizens, who are presumed to be self-employed, have been angry with comments on Internet portal sites. One netizen said, “Karaoke rooms, gyms, and pubs usually receive customers at 9 p.m., which is the same as not to open business,” he argued. “You should allow business until at least midnight.” Another netizen wrote, “I know it’s hard, and to keep until 9pm (opening hours) is a joke against self-employed people.”
In response to Corona 19, the National Self-Employed Emergency Countermeasures Committee decided to open a demonstration at PC cafes in Seoul for three days from the 7th in response to the measures to maintain the business restrictions at 9pm in the metropolitan area. The non-subcommittee side said, “The non-subcommittee expressed the position that “the uniform business hours restrictions, which have been neglected by the fairness and rationality between industries, should be abolished.” “I did.”
Small business owners and self-employed in non-capital regions except Gwangju are generally welcoming the government’s ease of business hours. However, the current social distancing stage is maintained until 0 o’clock on the 14th, the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday, and during this period, the ban on private gatherings with more than 5 people is decided to continue, and voices saying that it will not be of great help.
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