The South Korean government has decided to significantly relax the restrictions on the shortened business hours of restaurants, which have been continued to prevent the infection of the new coronavirus, from next week because the number of newly infected people continues to decrease. rice field.
In South Korea, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus has increased rapidly due to the epidemic of the Omicron strain, and the number of newly infected people exceeded 600,000 on some days.
After that, it started to decrease from the latter half of last month, and the number of newly infected people on the 14th was 125,846, which is about one-third of one month ago.
At the countermeasures meeting on the morning of the 15th, the Korean government decided to significantly relax the regulations for infection control from the 18th next week, saying that the number of severely ill people has been decreasing and the medical system has become relatively stable.
Specifically, we will abolish all the time-saving business hours of restaurants and the limit on the number of private gatherings that have continued since the adult, and we will also remove the limit on the number of gatherings and events that have been limited to less than 300 people.
On the other hand, the obligation to wear a mask outdoors, which was the focus of whether or not to abolish it, will be reconsidered after observing the infection situation in the next two weeks.
Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom called on the people to "remember to restore daily life with Corona and continue to take measures such as wearing masks and ventilation."