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The Defense Ministry recommends postponing the soldiers’ vacations
The reason the government is considering increasing social distancing is because the metropolitan area and Gangwon area have already met or are very close to the 1.5 step distancing improvement criteria.
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According to the quarantine management status by region during the last week (10-16 days) announced by the Central Defense Response Headquarters on the 16th, the average number of confirmed cases of infection by the new coronavirus (Corona 19) per day in the metropolitan area is 99.4. They are only 0.6 people below the standard (100). The average number of confirmed cases per day in the Gangwon region was 13.9, which already exceeded the standard (10).
The previous day, the government issued a “preliminary warning” to inform the metropolitan area and the Gangwon region of the possibility of a 1.5-step upgrade. The Ministry of National Defense announced on the day that it would apply step 1.5 to distance military units in the metropolitan area and Gangwon region from 17 to 29, and recommended postponing the leave for soldiers at the judgment of the local unit commander.
If the distance setting is upgraded from stage 1 to stage 1.5, dancing and moving between seats in entertainment facilities such as clubs are prohibited, and door-to-door sales and direct sales promotion centers will be closed after 8:00 p.m. 9:00 pm Also, in the first stage, it was mandatory to maintain a distance of 1 m or more only to restaurants and cafes with an area of 150m2 or more, but in stage 1.5, it is mandatory to sit at least 1 m away even in restaurants and cafes of 50m2 or more.
The reason the government was quick to increase the distance is because there is a high possibility that people will contact more people through events and meetings during the end of the year and the New Years holidays. Jung Eun-kyung, Head of Quarantine Countermeasures Headquarters, said: “Due to increased indoor activities and insufficient ventilation, exposure to dense, confined and intimate environments increases, and various risk factors such as increase in respiratory infectious diseases such as influenza overlap. It was a very important moment. ”
Due to the rapid increase in the number of confirmed patients, few critically ill beds remain. There are only 33, 14 and 2 corona19 critically ill beds available in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do and Gangwon-do, respectively. On this day, there were 55 seriously ill patients, which decreased by one from the previous day.
/ Reporter Joowon Lee [email protected]
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