China News Service, April 29. According to Yonhap News Agency, on the 29th local time, South Korean Prime Minister Kim Fu-gyeom said at the meeting of the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters that from May 2, people will no longer be required to wear masks outdoors, but the risk of infection. Excluding higher gatherings, events, performances, and sporting events of more than 50 people.
Data map: A poster of South Korea's previous measures to prevent the new coronavirus.
Jin Fuqian said that considering the stability and improvement of the epidemic prevention and control situation in South Korea, the government believes that it is not necessary to continue to maintain the outdoor mask order, but still recommends people with symptoms and high-risk groups, and when participating in outdoor gathering activities that are difficult to maintain a distance of more than 1 meter, or in Continue to wear a mask when the risk of air droplet infection is high.
In addition, the Korean government will also increase the management of high-risk groups such as the elderly.
Jin Fuqian said that some people are difficult to produce antibodies through the new crown vaccine due to immunosuppressive treatment, and the Korean government will introduce antibody treatment drugs as soon as possible.
He also called on the public to strictly abide by the personal epidemic prevention rules to prevent loopholes in the epidemic prevention work caused by the lifting of epidemic prevention measures.
According to data from the South Korean Epidemic Prevention Department, as of 0:00 on the 29th, South Korea added 50,568 new confirmed cases of the new crown compared with 0:00 the previous day, with a total of 17,194,616 confirmed cases.
There were 136 new deaths and a total of 22,724 deaths.