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The government has decided to extend the ban on private meetings with more than five people for another two weeks. It is based on the judgment that there is a possibility that the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) will return to the spread of the New Year holidays after delaying the reins of the central quarantine. Taking into account the self-employed who are experiencing difficulties, after observing the trend of confirmed cases for a week, the current stage of distancing and the crown curfew was decided, which can only be eaten in stores until 9 p.m.
The Central Headquarters of Defense Countermeasures announced on the 31st an extension of the social distancing phase that contained such details. Disaster and Security Countermeasures Headquarters (Prime Minister) Jeong Sye-gyun said at the Corona 19 response meeting held at the government office in Seoul, “The third epidemic, which has been slowing down for a while, threatens our daily life again. I beg you earnestly to give ”.
In the script, even if the number of confirmed cases drops, private gatherings of five or more people are banned across the country for two weeks. It applies from 1 to 14, the last day of the Lunar New Year holidays. Even if you visit an immediate family for the Lunar New Year, five people should not get together. Meetings of 5 or more people are allowed with the exception of cases in which the address is the same or there is the possibility of death. Also, no more than five people can go together. Village festivals and folk games are also prohibited.
It was decided to mitigate the extension of the distance step and the crown curfew after observing the trend of confirmed patients crown19 for one week. If the number of confirmed cases falls for a week, the curfew will most likely be delayed for an hour until 10 p.m. to ease the burden on the self-employed.
The government made winter sports facilities, such as ski resorts, open after 9 pm. In addition, it allowed the use of showers in indoor sports facilities in the metropolitan area such as gyms. In the theater performance hall, companions were allowed to sit side by side.
The government also announced a detailed vaccination plan for Corona 19 on the same day. Quarantine authorities were informed on the 30th that 60,000 Pfizer-Bioentech vaccines could be received in mid-February through the Cobax Facility, a global association of vaccine suppliers. In the first semester, it was decided to receive 1.3 million copies of the Corona 19 vaccine from AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford.
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2-week extension of the government’s ban on private gatherings with more than 5 people
This is because the government has extended the ban on private gatherings with more than 5 people for two weeks, and it was determined that there is a high risk that Crown 19 will proliferate again during the Lunar New Year holidays (11-14 February). . The number of confirmed cases peaked late last year and turned to a downward trend. However, for ‘Corona Curfew’, which cannot be eaten at the store at 9 pm, and the distance is extended, the decision will be made again after a week. In consideration of the self-employed, who have suffered for a long time, the schedule for the readjustment was brought forward a week. The only measure that has been confirmed to apply to the Lunar New Year holidays is ‘the ban on private gatherings with more than 5 people’.
As early as last week, the government considered a way to close the gap. This is because the number of confirmed cases, which peaked late last year, appeared to decline. The average daily number of confirmed cases peaked at 887.0 from December 27 of last year to January 2 of this year. This number decreased by more than 100 people each week from 736.6 (from January 3 to 9) → 498.6 (from January 10 to 16) → 365.3 (from January 17 to 23). This is the background to the anticipation that the distance level will drop before the Lunar New Year holidays.
However, as the number of IM Mission group infections increased last week (Jan 24-30), the average number of confirmed cases per day increased to 418. The number of confirmed patients who maintained social distancing step 2.5 ( average 400 to 500 per week) also exceeded the standard. Kim Woo-joo, professor of infectious medicine at Korea’s Daeguro Hospital, said: “If quarantine measures are determined according to the standards set by the government, it is correct to keep stage 2.5.” I have to do it “.
The increase in the rate of production of infected people and the amount of movement on weekends also worry quarantine authorities. The infectious reproductive index, which went from 0.7 to 0.8 last month, surpassed 1.0 in the last week of January. This index is an indicator of how many people a confirmed person infects others. If it exceeds 1.0, the quarantine authorities judge the outbreak to be spreading. Mobile phone traffic during the weekends, which showed a decline from the third week of last November, has also increased steadily over the past two weeks.
Some opinions suggest that the number of confirmed patients should be fully observed during the Lunar New Year holidays and then the distancing steps should be adjusted. In this case, mitigation measures can only come out at the end of this month or in March. Eun-mi Cheon, a professor of respiratory medicine at Ewha Women’s University Mokdong Hospital, said: “Unlike Chuseok last year, there are many mild and asymptomatic Corona19 patients spreading in the region.
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