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Corona, today (22nd), an additional 332 confirmed patients came out. It is the 9th day after the number of confirmed cases surpassed 100 again, and today is the most confirmed. It means that it keeps increasing. Also, there have been several areas where there are no confirmed cases. However, today, the corona spread in all 17 provinces nationwide, and all confirmed cases were confirmed for the first time. So the government decided to expand it to the second stage of distancing the country from tomorrow. Is it going to step 3? The situation is at a climax this weekend,
but I will start with the news by synthesizing the current situation.

This is reporter Deokki Yoo.

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Social Distancing Phase 2 The nationwide expansion will take place for two weeks starting at 12:00 tonight.

Currently, it is being implemented in some areas such as Seoul, Gyeonggi, and Busan, but it was decided to implement the nationwide expansion as Corona 19 spread simultaneously in all 17 cities and provinces.

The government sees this weekend as a milestone for the re-proliferation of Corona 19, but if the spread does not stop, it is considering a three-step upgrade.

[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister (Today, Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters Meeting): If the social distancing is raised to three stages, a huge blow to the economy and the lives of the people will be inflicted. We ask for your patience and cooperation.] From

tomorrow, 12 high-risk facilities such as entertainment bars, large academies, and buffets will be closed nationwide.

In addition, meetings and events in which 50 or more indoors and 100 or more outdoors gather face-to-face are prohibited, and sporting events such as professional sports events are turned into unattended again.

However, local governments with a small number of patients and cases of group infection, such as Gangwon-do and Gyeongbuk, are mitigated at the recommended level rather than compulsory.

Kindergartens and elementary, middle, and high schools nationwide are also entering the second phase of social distancing.

Like the metropolitan area and Busan, where the two-step measures were previously implemented, kindergartens and elementary and junior high schools nationwide should limit the number of attendance to less than one-third of all students and two-thirds of high schools.

For school and parent readiness, this action will take effect next Wednesday.

(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Kim Jong-tae, CG: Kim Kyu-yeon)