[사회]”The third stage is the last bastion” … the government, why hesitate to update?

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There are also voices saying that the momentum of the third corona pandemic19 rarely diminishes and that it is necessary to preventively increase the distance to three steps.

However, the government hesitates to raise it to the third stage, saying it is the last bastion.

For some reason, reporter Kim Ji-hwan reports.

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As well as everyday infections such as schools, workplaces and small groups, religious facilities, and nursing homes.

With the third pandemic in full swing, the average number of confirmed cases per day for a week was 761.

The third step of distancing can be improved when the average number of confirmed cases per day exceeds 800 during the last week, or when the so-called duplication phenomenon occurs, where the number of confirmed cases doubles more than the previous day.

As the expansion trend remains fierce, the voices of preemptive updates are coming out everywhere, but the government is in a cautious position.

[정세균 / 국무총리 : 3단계는 우리가 선택할 수 있는 최후의 보루이며 그 효과에 대한 확신과 사회적 공감대가 있어야 하기 때문에 신중한 검토가 필요합니다.]

This is because the frozen domestic market is more likely to contract, causing damage mainly to the self-employed.

The Bank of Korea predicts that if the distance is increased to three stages, private consumption will decline by 16.6% and gross domestic product will decline by 8% annually.

Even in the second stage, consumption is reduced, so the economic impact is not small, but consumption is reduced by more than four times.

In fact, the United States, Germany and France, which suffered a shutdown in the second quarter, similar to the third phase, fell by more than 30% in GDP growth.

That is why the government is trying to revive the embers of private consumption to the end.

[박능후 / 중앙재난안전대책본부 1차장 : 지금 이 순간이 거리 두기 3단계를 막을 수 있는 마지막 기회입니다. 여러분의 일상과 생업이 중단되는 것을 막아야 합니다.]

Reports at home and abroad that the damage to the low-income, low-educated class weighs even more heavily on the government.

[김상봉 / 한성대 경제학과 교수 : 소득이 없어지는 거죠. 고용을 줄인다든지 하면 소득이 없어지잖아요. 산업 현장에서 일을 못 하는 경우가 있거든요. 임시 일용직 근로자들….]

In the third stage, only 2.20 million multipurpose facilities that are restricted in operation nationwide and 450,000 facilities that need to be closed.

There are many views that taking forceful action can reduce long-term economic damage, even if there is an immediate hit, and government concerns are deepening.

YTN Kim Ji-hwan[[email protected]]is.

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