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On the morning of the 22nd, tourists are watching the sunrise on a beach in Gangneung City, Gangwon-do, a famous sunrise spot on the east coast. On this day, the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters announced the ‘special quarantine measures for the end of the year and the New Year’ that will be applied from December 24 to January 3 of next year. Tourist attractions like Jeongdongjin in Gangneung and Homigot in Pohang, where people flock to watch the sunrise and sunset, will also be closed. Gangneung / Yonhap News
There is growing criticism that the government’s response to quarantine to curb the third corona19 epidemic is tepid, but the government has delayed until the weekend to decide whether to increase social distancing in the third stage. Instead, he recommended canceling private meetings for more than 5 people and introduced another ‘pincer prevention’ measure that limits accommodation reservations to half. The key to these measures is to strengthen the quarantine in places with high risk of infection during the end of the year and the New Year holidays. However, it is noted that it is difficult for the public to keep up with quarantine policy, as complicated quarantine rules designed for each region, facility, and location have been developed in light of the need to implement a single, high-intensity distancing at the level. national. The measures to strengthen the special quarantine during the end of the year and the New Year holidays announced by the Central Headquarters for Disasters and Security Countermeasures on the 22nd are to prevent further spread by refraining from various meetings, trips and parties. In particular, restricting groups of 5 or more people is evaluated as a strong measure to reduce the number of patients by reducing the amount of person-to-person contact. However, there is still concern that in the non-metropolitan area, the balloon effect will emerge by staying at the recommended level and widening the water level gap between regions. Professor Lee Jae-gap from Hallym University (department of infectious medicine) said: “Although Korea is not a big country like the United States, it is not easy to understand that the intensity of quarantine measures varies by region. Also , in non-metropolitan areas, it doesn’t hold up well in places other than restaurants, which are just recommended. I won’t. “Originally, when the average number of new confirmed cases per day for a week exceeds 800-1000, three-step distancing measures should be applied across the country. At 0 o’clock on this day, 869 new boxes of Corona 19 came out. The average number of confirmed cases per day during a week (16-22 December) is 986, and continues to meet the third-stage review criteria.
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In this regard, Son Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division at the Accident Recovery Headquarters (Heavy Soo-bon), in a regular briefing that day, said: “I thought it would be impossible to uniformly prohibit meetings of five or more people nationwide. Because I can, ”he said. However, considering that restaurants cannot wear masks, the script has issued an administrative order that prohibits meetings with more than 5 people in restaurants in the metropolitan area. Some point out that it is not enough to suppress the spread of the spread through quarantine of “clamps”, which is applied in a limited way to specific facilities and places where a group infection has already occurred. Previously, the script called for stopping the operation of saunas, apartment complex gyms, intense group indoor sports (GX) facilities and music classes, and canceling private gatherings with more than 10 people, rather than taking the stage at the end of the week. last month, when demand for the 2.5-stage upgrade was strong. ‘Step 2 + α’ clamp measurements (1-7 days) were implemented. Similarly, this time, 50% of accommodation reservation restrictions, clusters of party rooms, ski resorts and other winter sports facilities were banned, and major tourist attractions such as Jeongdongjin were further added to the measures. existing in step 2.5. Choi Won-seok, professor at the Ansan Hospital of Korea University (department of infectious medicine), said: “The forceps are quarantined (to avoid widespread socioeconomic damage and to strengthen only the necessary quarantine), but now they have been quarantined. become too many. ” “They are not specific dangerous facilities, but almost all facilities where daily life takes place, so it is more appropriate to take measures to reduce the general risk to the community.” The government remains cautious with the three-stage upgrade. Sohn Young-rae said: “After seeing the trend of increasing and decreasing patients for this week, adjustments such as extending or improving the measures in the phase 2.5 of the metropolitan area and the second phase of the nation will be made around the weekend. “. The background of this prudence seems to be the judgment that the expansion trend may sooner or later enter a real phase. The day before, Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said: “The number of confirmed patients is not decreasing at the moment, but the sales of mobile phones, traffic and cards are declining, and there are positive signs that the proportion of confirmed patients age 60 and over is gradually declining due to aggressive diagnostic testing. Be prepared to do it, but it should be the last card. “However, Professor Won-seok Choi said:” It is not appropriate to give a signal not to leave while keeping companies at high risk of infection. He noted that the trend spread can only be detected if the distance is widened and reliable support measures are provided for areas where damage has accumulated. ”Professor Lee Jae-gap also said:“ We must duly apologize for causing the situation to escalate to the third stage and seek people’s cooperation for quarantine. “By Choi Ha-yan and Sun Dam-eun, Staff Reporter [email protected]
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