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Prime Minister Jeong Se-gyun (second from left) held an emergency press conference at the Seoul Government Complex on the afternoon of the 29th to announce measures to strengthen the quarantine in relation to the third pandemic. Yunhap news
The government decided to maintain social distancing from the metropolitan area in the current stage 2. However, for facilities with a high risk of contagion, such as gyms and saunas, it was decided to strengthen the level of quarantine.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun told an emergency press conference on Corona 19 held at the Seoul Government Complex on the afternoon of the 29th, saying, “The metropolitan area will maintain the second stage and the distance between the non-metropolitan area. it will rise to 1.5 stages.
This is the result of a summary of the judgment that the average number of confirmed cases per day during the last week in the country exceeded 400 and met the 2.5-step criterion, but the proportion of patients aged 60 years and over, which is an auxiliary indicator, it is decreasing to around 20%.
First, the government decided to maintain the current step 2 of distancing itself from the metropolitan area. However, it was decided to strengthen quarantine measures for facilities with a recent group infection or high-risk facilities, especially for high-risk activities targeting younger generations. It will be applied from 0 am on December 1 to midnight on December 7 when the second phase of measures in the metropolitan area ends.
Consequently, quarantine measures will be strengthened for bathing facilities, covered sports facilities, academies and educational centers. The bathhouse business currently prohibits the number of people and food intake in the second phase, but in addition, the operation of the sauna and steam room facilities was stopped.
Indoor sports facilities are currently closed after 9pm, food intake is prohibited and the number of users is restricted, but as of the 1st of next month, intense GX-type facilities such as Zumba, Taebo, spinning, aerobics , step and kickboxing are prohibited.
In addition, wind and singing instrument classes held in academies, classrooms and cultural centers are prohibited due to the high possibility of splashing and the difficulty of using masks for students and instructors.
However, students preparing for college entrance were excluded under the condition of full quarantine. Complex convenience facilities such as apartments, gymnasiums in apartment complexes, saunas, cafes and reading rooms will also be suspended.
In addition, to prevent the spread of infection among younger generations, the policy is to ban all New Year’s Eve and New Year’s events and parties hosted by accommodation facilities such as hotels, party halls and guest houses. In the future, additional quarantine measures for matches held by people in various forms will also be reviewed through discussions between the relevant ministries.
In addition, the government raised all areas to 1.5 levels in the case of non-metropolitan areas. It will be implemented from 0 hours on day 1 to 24 hours on day 14 and, depending on the local situation, it is decided to actively implement the two-step update for each local government or strengthen the quarantine measures for each industry and facility.
In addition, the government will closely analyze the corona 19 epidemic this week and, if the trend of increasing patient incidence continues, will immediately initiate an adjustment review of the steps of distancing from the metropolitan or national area.
Prime Minister Chung added: “We need to open K-Defense season 2, which is quarantined with people beyond the government-directed quarantine.”
Reporter Ahn Min-gu [email protected]
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