Government "additional support of 1 million won to 3.2 million small business owners"

<Anchor> The

government announced today (17th) a plan to support the self-employed.

Apart from compensation for losses, we decided to provide additional support of 1 million won each to small businesses and 3.2 million small businesses.

First news, reporter Kim Beom-joo.

<Reporter> The

government held a joint briefing presided over by the Prime Minister and announced plans to support the self-employed.

First of all, it said that it will spend a total of 3.2 trillion won to small businesses and 3.2 million small businesses that will suffer damage as quarantine measures are strengthened, and pay 1 million won each in cash as quarantine support.

The government explained that it would prepare a large number of people to receive subsidies within this year, such as determining the target of the first aid next week using the current loss compensation list.

In addition, he added that he will support businesses that are not subject to business hours but suffer from reduced sales from next month.

In order for more small business owners to receive support, we plan to broadly recognize the criteria for reducing sales in various ways.

Even if you purchase an electronic access list terminal or body temperature monitor, you will receive an additional payment of up to 100,000 won when the purchase is confirmed.

In addition, in the fourth quarter of the loss compensation, we decided to expand the scope to hairdressing and beauty businesses and kids cafes by adding a limit on the number of people.

We plan to increase the quarterly loss compensation from the previous minimum of 100,000 won to 500,000 won.