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He emphasized that even if the government moves from 'strong social distance' to 'life prevention' system, efforts to keep distance in daily life should continue.
Tae-ho Yoon, head of the Center for Prevention and Accidents at the Central Accident Research Center, said in a regular briefing today (17th) that "even if you are in daily life, it is necessary to keep a physical distance of 1 to 2 meters. It does not change to a new form."
The government has been implementing a strengthened social distance since the 22nd of last month to prevent the spread of corona19.
The high-strength social distance limit, which restricts the operation of sports facilities, entertainment facilities, and academies and PC rooms, was originally scheduled to be implemented by the last 5 days, but increased by 2 weeks to the 19th.
The government is planning to announce a plan to change the way of life prevention on the weekend (18 · 19 days) ahead of the last day of the social distance practice period.
Life prevention is a sustainable prevention activity that prevents infections in everyday life.
The government emphasized that life defense is not a completely different concept from social distance.
"General life prevention does not completely disregard the basic principles of distance keeping," said Yoon.
What is different is that the legal and coercive measures taken during the period of high intensity social distance can be alleviated.
"There may be a slight difference in how much coercion is accompanied, and how much legal sanctions are imposed," said General Manager Yoon.
On the 10th and 16th, the government held the Life Defense Committee, where the 1st and 2nd civil and public experts participated, and gathered opinions.
The Committee on Life and Prevention has not yet reached a conclusion, but it has been said that opinions have been given to be cautious about the rapid transition from strengthened social distances to life.
According to the Central Disaster Safety Response Headquarters, the main note was that "it is difficult to loosen the effectiveness of social distance as we go to life prevention."
There were also many concerns that life prevention should not be misunderstood as a cessation or exclusion of social distance.
It was also suggested that a lot of preparation and agreement would be needed to properly practice distance keeping in daily life.
Because of this, there is a prospect that the government can announce the 'extension' of social distance in the coming weekend, but Mr. Yoon responded, "We are still discussing. I will explain enough on the weekend."
The government previously announced the criteria for the transition to the life-prevention system, with fewer than 50 daily confirmed cases and less than 5% of cases of unconfirmed new cases.
Currently, the number of new confirmed persons remains at 20 in the 5th consecutive day, and it is evaluated that the trend of spreading Corona19 is more stable than before.
In this regard, General Manager Yoon said, "It is difficult to say that the standard announced earlier is a complete standard."
"When social distance is loosened, there is a high possibility that hidden diagnoses, especially asymptomatic infected people, will develop." He said he would consider the contents sufficiently and discuss the transition to life prevention.
In addition, even if switching to domestic defense, the basic rules should be observed when managing and supervising workplaces such as PC rooms. "The intensity of the rules will be determined by considering the trends of domestic confirmers, foreign inflows, and cases of collective infection," he said.
The government said it is conducting an online survey to identify people's questions about daily life prevention and to reflect them in preparing guidelines, and said that 5,135 people participated as of 1 pm on the 15th.
In the survey, the government's key guidelines for the prevention of living were ▲ 3-4 days of rest if you are sick ▲ Leave enough space between your arms and people between arms ▲ Frequent ventilation and periodic disinfection ▲ Wash your hands thoroughly and cough frequently When you cover up with sleeves ▲ There are 5 things to do, such as keeping your mind close even when the distance increases.
In the survey, opinions such as 'adjustment of public transportation allocation interval', 'placement of tables to maintain gaps in public facilities', and 'installation of partitions' were raised.
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