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Countries with high vaccination rates, such as the United States and the United Kingdom, are striving toward their daily life before the coronavirus. The US is considering lifting the recommendation to wear a mask indoors, while the UK has decided to release the recommendation to wear a mask in secondary schools.
Reporter Lee Seong-hoon reports.
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Anthony Pouch, head of the US Institute of Infectious Diseases, answered "I think it is" to the question, "Is it time to ease the requirement to wear indoor masks?" on the ABC broadcast.
Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention lifted the duty of vaccinations to wear masks outdoors, where vaccinations are not crowded, and there is a need to ease the obligation to wear masks indoors.
Dr. Pouch says that as more people get the vaccine, they need to start becoming more free.
Pouch is also optimistic that the United States will be able to return to near normal in the next year.
The UK also decided to remove the recommendation of secondary schools to wear masks while easing the COVID-19 containment regulations one step further.
Face-to-face classes were also allowed for college students.
But Prime Minister Johnson stressed that we still need to be careful.
[Boris Johnson/British Prime Minister: It doesn't mean that you should suddenly break your boundaries. We all know that close contact, such as a hug, is a direct way to transmit the virus.]
Prime Minister Johnson foreshadowed continued deregulation, saying that the rule for distances of more than 1 meter could also be eliminated on the next day of easing the blockade, which is scheduled for the 21st of next month.