Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun re-emphasized the strict response policy on the 16th, saying, "Please withdraw even now," regarding the conservative group's plan for the opening ceremony.
Prime Minister Chung said at a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (Company) presided over at the Seoul Government Complex, saying, "If the assembly is enforced, the government will respond firmly in accordance with laws and principles to protect the lives and safety of the people."
Prime Minister Chung pointed out, "It is really difficult to understand", saying, "Even though the last Liberation Day rally became a frenzy of corona 19 re-proliferation and is paying high social costs, some groups are not bend over insisting on the initiation of the Gaecheon Day rally."
Regarding the recent record of about 100 confirmed cases a day, he said, "It is clearly a positive sign, but it is too early to be relieved by the landmines of small group infections and the ambush of quiet spreaders."
In addition, he said, “The progression of Corona 19 reminds us of the Spanish flu 100 years ago.” “The only defense at the time when there was no vaccine or cure was a mask, but the situation is no different,” he asked for observance of quarantine regulations such as wearing a mask.
(Photo = Yonhap News)