More than 600 new confirmed cases in 39 days… Prime Minister 丁 “concerned over quarantine awareness”

Input 2021.02.17 09:38

“If the bar closes at 10 p.m., it moves to a lodging facility to continue drinking.”
“In clubs that have been open since 5 a.m., there are cases when dancing without masks.”

Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said on the 17th that the number of new coronavirus confirmed cases exceeded 600 people.

Prime Minister Chung said at a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters, which was presided over at the Seoul government office on the same day, “It has been the third day since the distance distancing step has eased, but the number of confirmed cases has continued to increase, and after January 10, the number of confirmed patients again exceeded 600.” Said this. On this day, 621 new coronavirus cases were recorded.

Prime Minister Jeong said, “In clubs that have been open since 5 am, there are cases where the quarantine rules such as the use of masks and the prohibition of dancing are not properly followed.” “If the bar closes at 10 pm due to business hours, nearby accommodation establishments There are also people who move to and continue drinking.”

He added, “The government’s lowering of the distancing level is by no means intended to loosen quarantine,” he said. “Although quarantine is more thorough, it is an alternative that has been devised after careful consideration so that self-employed and small business owners can make a living.”

Prime Minister Chung said, “The 3rd epidemic is not over yet, and some experts are warning the possibility of the 4th epidemic from March to April.” .

He said, “To suppress the third epidemic and start a new semester with vaccination in a stable situation, the people must be with you through participatory quarantine,” he said. “It is not to find gaps in the quarantine rules and to abuse them, but to fill the gaps together, Please make it tighter.”