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The government decided to maintain the distance between phase 2.5 of the metropolitan area and the second phase of the national scope, which was scheduled to end on the 28th, until the special quarantine measures end at the end of the year and New Year, on January 3 of the next year. For the time being, it was decided not to upgrade from step 3.
Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun told the Corona 19 Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters meeting on the 27th: “The special measures we are already implementing include stronger quarantine measures than the third distancing step.” In addition, some of the rules related to restaurants and cafes have been reorganized, which are causing confusion in the field. Unlike cafes in the past, fast food restaurants that could consume store-ordered beverages have decided to allow only packaging and delivery in the same way that cafes do when ordering only coffee, drinks, and desserts. Additionally, the rules to prohibit sitting in unstaffed coffee shops and gatherings in Hold’em pubs, which applied only to the metropolitan area, will be expanded nationwide.
It is determined that the government will finally decide whether to upgrade to the third stage after observing the performance of the special quarantine measures during the end of the year and the New Year holidays. Yoon Tae-ho, head of Accident Control Headquarters, said at a regular briefing on the 25th: “We are cautious about the prospect of falling after next week. It’s unusually accepted that quarantine authorities, who have always emphasized distance, mentioned the decline.
The judgment that even if the government took the step 3 update, it would be difficult to break the spread of the current third pandemic was also a factor that delayed the third step update. Professor Ki Moran of the National Cancer Center said: “Some say that the super strong ‘short and thick’ quarantine should be implemented through the three-stage upgrade. Even if it is upgraded to the third stage, it is expected that the number of patients is around 700 after two weeks. ” On the other hand, Jeong Ki-seok, professor of respiratory medicine at Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital and director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, noted that “keeping stage 2.5 means that the government will support continued double-digit deaths to avoid economic damage.
Meanwhile, that day, the party’s administration announced that it had held a high-ranking party political council in the National Assembly and decided to start vaccinating against Corona on February 19 next year. President Roh Young-min, Chairman of the Presidential Secretary, said: “Countries around the world will begin vaccinating the general public in the second quarter of next year. We will also begin vaccinating the general public at the same time.”
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