Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun said, "If we cannot break the current spread, it will inevitably be upgraded to the third stage of distancing," regarding the number of corona19 confirmed cases approaching the record high of 1,000 people.
Prime Minister Chung held an emergency quarantine countermeasures meeting at the government office in Seoul on the afternoon of the 12th, and said that now is "the biggest crisis since the outbreak of Corona 19, and a very urgent emergency situation."
Prime Minister Jung emphasized, "We will focus on responding to the Corona 19 crisis with all available administrative power in the determination that the government and local governments across the country have no place to withdraw."
He said, "We will do our best to protect the lives and safety of the people from the crisis of infectious diseases by operating the situation management and quarantine response system of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures at the highest level."
Prime Minister Chung also requested the people's cooperation in quarantine, and urged the people to refrain from meetings and meetings and strictly observe the quarantine rules.
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