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point of view of the quarantine authorities and medical staff who must prevent the spread of the disease, these three steps will be urgent. On the contrary, however, activities are already decreasing like this, and it takes that if you go to step 3, there will be many people who are financially affected by the impossible treatment. The stores of self-employed people who have not paid rent have to be closed forever, and there is no guarantee that jobs that were lost will be recreated later.

Reporter Jeong Da-eun also heard of this worrying self-employed people.

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banner of'Lease Inquiry' was hung in front of the restaurant.

It was decided to close the business because it could not withstand the continuing deficit.

[Son Wonju/Restaurant Management: (Guest) There are about two tables for one table... It's harder because it keeps accumulating, and I forget all the deposits.]

Self-employed people who can't do business at all, such as PC rooms or karaoke rooms, only sigh.

There is no income, but rent and other expenses are incurred.

[Jeong Yoon/PC room operation: Because the loss including rent continues to accumulate... As for food (before the business was stopped), they gave out a lot of things that could spoil on the last day.]

Sales of local pubs also plummeted.

It is said that it is difficult to withstand any longer when the 3-step distance is implemented.

[Lee Young-Shim/Hope House Operation: I don't want you to come to only 3 steps. If you come to step 3, you will have to close the door at all.]

Self-employed businessmen and small business owners will be most affected when the 3rd stage of economic activity cessation, excluding essential parts, becomes a reality.

In particular, 48% of the 6.4 million small businesses nationwide are concentrated in the metropolitan area, which is expected to be more difficult than during the first outbreak earlier this year.

In March, sales of self-employed cardholders nationwide decreased by 29%, and Daegu, which had virtually stopped moving due to the rapid spread of Corona, plunged 49%.

[Chi Nam-soo / Research Fellow of the Federation of Small Businessmen: It can be either a disaster subsidy or a survival subsidy, and if the economic preemptive response is not made the same, the small business may not have the power to withstand.] When the

3rd step is raised, it will be directly hit. It is pointed out that support measures that consider non-regular workers, such as possible industry workers and short-term jobs, should be provided together.

(Video editing: Park player, VJ: Jung Min-gu)

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