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Quarantine authorities predicted that if the ‘social distancing’ stage was raised to 3 stages to slow the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), around 2 million facilities across the country would be affected.
In a regular briefing on the 13th, Sohn Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division at Accident Control Headquarters, predicted: “If the current phase 3 is applied across the country, about 2.20 Millions of multipurpose facilities (or commercial facilities) will be affected.
Sohn, referring to the reorganization of the remote reorganization last November, said: “If the manual is followed, about 450,000 people are subject to the group ban and about 1.57 million facilities are restricted in operation.”
In the current distancing standard, Step 3 is the last card with the highest strength of business restrictions imposed on each facility.
When there are more than 800 to 1,000 confirmed cases in the region, or a ‘doubling phenomenon’, where the number of confirmed cases is doubling every day in the country’s 2.5 stage, etc., the phased update is considered.
In the third stage, gatherings and events of 10 or more people are banned, and all non-essential multi-use facilities such as medical institutions are stopped.
“In the case of the Seoul metropolitan area, there are around 900,000 facilities, including 210,000 and 690,000 that are restricted to operation,” he said. “It is a number depending on the facility and industry according to the manual, but it is subject to change based on future quarantine measures.”
Using department stores and hypermarkets as an example, he explained: “In the third stage situation, large-scale stores such as department stores are collectively banned, and other stores are subject to operating restrictions, such as suspension of operation after 9 pm “did.
He continued, “(per the manual) there is no guarantee that it will be as is. If the current large-scale spread of Corona 19 continues to occur strongly, there is a possibility that further measures will be considered.”
“When deciding to upgrade to the third stage, we will review measures to strengthen the quarantine in addition to the content of the manual,” he said. “Considering the group infection trend and epidemic characteristics, we will consider more intense measures for high-risk facilities.” “I emphasized.
General Son said: “We plan to start a practical review” when he pointed out whether the third stage needs to be updated preventively.
However, he said, “The third distancing step is the last method that can be used to dampen the spread of Corona 19,” he said. “Stage 3 is the final step, and it has no steps 3.5, 4, 5, etc.” did.
He noted that the change in momentum due to the recent distance improvement was not clearly shown, and predicted that “for the third step to be successful, there is a high probability that if people and the private sector do not participate voluntarily , not enough effects will appear. ”
Then he emphasized: “It is very important to prepare measures to completely stop social activities that do not leave the house during the third stage, and to proceed with all societies in a cohesive manner.”
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