Quarantine Authorities “Determining Whether To Switch To The First Stage Of Remote Distancing In Accordance With The Spread Of The Chuseok Holiday”



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Young-rae Son, spokesperson for the Ministry of Health and Welfare / Yonhap News

Quarantine authorities have announced that they will consider whether to convert the current distant stage 2 to stage 1 based on the spread of the crown for two weeks after the Chuseok holiday.

In a regular briefing at the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters on the 27th, Sohn Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division at the Accident Control Headquarters, said: “We will measure whether the patient’s epidemic enters the range of the tolerable normal level and whether to convert the distance from step 2 to step 1. He said that “in the medical system and the quarantine system, the processing capacity of critically ill patients and the speed of follow-up of epidemiological investigations are the more important”.

Since last month 23, the government has been implementing the second stage of social distancing, such as a ban on indoor gatherings with 50 or more people across the country. In addition, it has recently decided to keep the distance at the level of the second stage for a time by establishing a ‘special quarantine period’ for two weeks from September 28 to October 11, including the Chuseok holiday. Regarding this, Son Young-rae said: “Across Chuseok, the areas that will be noticed by our quarantine authorities are how the number of confirmed patients per day will change, how the number and distribution patterns of group infections will change. , and together with the proportion and “We will analyze the percentage of cases in which patients are controlled within the quarantine network.

In a separate press release of the day, the Security and Disaster Countermeasures Headquarters said in a separate press release: “Currently, the situation is gradually stabilizing after blocking the large-scale Corona 19 epidemic, but considering the possibility of latent infection, quarantine management for the next two weeks, including Chuseok holidays and Hangeul Day. According to this, the Corona 19 epidemic will be decided in the second half of this year ”.

In addition, Son said the plan to subdivide the current distancing system, which is the first, second and third stages, is also expected to be concrete. He said, “The remote positioning content itself is currently being designed in a three-stage system, but the gap between the actual content sections is very large,” he said. “Intermediate levels like ‘1.5 steps’ and ‘2.5 steps’ We have designed these, but we plan to review the subdivision work further.”

Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun issued a ‘public discussion on the special quarantine during the Chuseok holidays’ and said: “It is a serious and serious reality that we are still in a situation of unprecedented disaster. We must not forget that it is a situation comparable to war “. did. “We must always have a fearful heart,” he said. “We are well aware that temporary indulgence and some indulgence have such profound consequences.”

Prime Minister Jung said, “This Chuseok holiday is another milestone.” “The best gift for this Chuseok holiday is ‘Mangwoon Jijeong’, which conveys a long-awaited heart and, once again, the active participation and cooperation of citizens. “I appeal to you.”

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