China News Service, April 1st. According to Yonhap News Agency, on the 1st, the first head of the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters in South Korea, Quan Dezhe, said that if the new crown epidemic in South Korea can be significantly slowed down within two weeks, in addition to wearing masks indoors, it is necessary to wear masks. The epidemic prevention department will discuss the complete lifting of all epidemic prevention measures, and strive to gradually return to daily life.

On March 17, local time, at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, people wear masks to prevent the new crown virus.

  The report pointed out that as for the standard for lifting the epidemic prevention measures, Sun Yinglai, head of the social strategy team of the South Korean Central Countermeasures Headquarters, said that if the utilization rate of critically ill beds in the next two weeks remains at the current 65%, and the number of critically ill cases will not increase sharply, it can be Research related programs.

  On the same day, the South Korean government also decided to relax the epidemic prevention measures for two weeks from next week, relax the number of people in private gatherings from 8 to 10, and extend the business hours of public gathering places to 12:00 pm.

  Quan Dezhe said that after the epidemic in South Korea peaked two weeks ago, it has shown a slow downward trend. However, due to the risk of spreading the subtype BA.2 of the new coronavirus Omicron strain, the number of critically ill and dead cases may further increase. , therefore decided to gradually relax social distancing measures.

  On the other hand, South Korea's Central Epidemic Prevention and Control Headquarters reported on the 1st that as of 0:00 that day, South Korea had added 280,273 new confirmed cases of new crown compared with 0:00 the previous day, with a total of 13,375,818 confirmed cases.

There were 360 ​​new deaths and a total of 16,590 deaths.