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a situation where the number of confirmed cases is increasing again, Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon said that it would be unreasonable to limit the business hours to what time as it is now, and asked the city to make its own guidelines.

It is to examine whether the business hours can be changed according to the characteristics of the industry, but some point out that it may confuse the entire quarantine system.



Next is reporter Han So-hee.



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Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon continued his quarantine measures, including presided over the corona countermeasure meeting on the second day of his inauguration and visiting a dedicated hospital.



[Se-Hoon Oh/ Mayor of Seoul: You have a lot of trouble.]



Mayor Oh said that it could be inefficient to restrict business to 10:00 p.m. regardless of business type.



[Sehun Oh/ Mayor of Seoul: Central government measures that do not take into account the characteristics of each industry should be reconsidered…

We came to the conclusion that it would be difficult to sustain a uniform blockage-type distance.]



At the same time, taking into account the pain of small business owners, we ordered the Seoul Metropolitan Government to devise a guideline for distance-distinction that is subdivided according to the type of business.



[Se-Hoon Oh/Seoul Mayor: We are going to do an experiment that can increase the efficiency of distance while reducing the impact of sales.]



The Mayor Oh also suggested the use of disposable diagnostic kits, but if a voice comes out from the self-test, the multi-use facility will be more flexible. It has been reported that we are considering making it available.



In response, the quarantine authorities said they had respected the autonomy of local governments, and said they would discuss it if the Seoul Metropolitan Government suggested it.



Small business groups are welcoming, but some are concerned that such measures could be read as easing quarantine.



[Jeong Jae-hoon/Professor of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University: If such a signal comes out in the course of the 4th epidemic, the public's sense of crisis and things like this may be lowered.] The



city ​​of Seoul has its own quarantine guidelines as early as next week Will be released.



(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok and Hong Jong-soo, video editing: Choi Hye-young)