The government “delays the introduction of the reorganization plan… The steps to take effect next week, announced tomorrow”

Input 2021.03.11 12:07

The government plans to delay the introduction of a complete reorganization of social distancing until the coronavirus cases are stabilized. The distance steps, which will be applied from next week, will be announced on the 12th.

According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters, next week’s distancing adjustment plan will be discussed and announced at the main script meeting on the 12th. The distance distancing, which is currently in the second stage of the metropolitan area and the 1.5th stage of the non-metropolitan area, is applied until the 14th.

As of 0 o’clock on the 11th, the number of new confirmed cases was counted as 465, and the average daily confirmed cases of local outbreaks for one week were 406.0, meeting the standard of step 2.5. There is no outbreak of a large-scale outbreak, but there is no noticeable decline.

For this reason, it will be difficult to further ease the distancing step. Sohn Young-rae, head of the Social Strategy Division, Central Accident Control Headquarters, said, “The trend of the number of confirmed cases is not increasing rapidly, but the average line itself has shown a tendency to increase slightly, so we are gathering opinions and discussing how to adjust the steps next week” .

The new social distancing reorganization plan, which will be changed from the current stage 5 to stage 4, is planned to be implemented further. The quarantine authorities are in the position that the reorganization plan can be applied only if they come within the range of less than 363 people nationwide, which is the first stage of the reorganization plan. “I think it is most desirable to implement the distance reorganization plan realistically, with all regions within the first stage (based on the reorganization plan).”

“Since the system to be reorganized in the future has different standards and the contents of quarantine measures are different, there is a risk of confusion if the outbreak remains,” said Son. There is,” he added.

The government said it could further adjust the distancing reorganization plan as the inoculation rate increases. After the second half of this year, the number of infected people will decrease as the number of vaccinations increases, and if the corona epidemic can be stably controlled, it is planning to re-adjust distance standards.

“The reorganization plan for social distancing was focused on quarantine response in the first half of this year.”