The government announced on the 9th that it will not extend the measures of'Social Distance 2.5 Steps' implemented in the metropolitan area if the trend of new corona19 patients continues to decline.
The government has decided to make a decision within this week regarding the robbery of the metropolitan area.
At the briefing of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Corona 19 Response today, Son Young-rae, head of the Strategic Planning Division of the Central Accident Recovery Headquarters (heavy script), said, "With the reinforced distancing of the metropolitan area extended until the weekend, 5 days remain, the trend of patient occurrence is certain. It is bent and continuously decreased, so it is stable to 100 people a day.”
He predicted, "If you focus on your distance for only five more days by the end of this week, you will be able to control Corona 19 in a clearly stable state, and there will be no need for an additional distance extension."
"With the hard efforts of the citizens, the path to return to daily life is being opened little by little, while suppressing the spread of the metropolitan area," he said. "The current efforts will result in a week or two. You will definitely be able to regain control.”
"However, as the operation of multi-use facilities, restaurants, and cafes is restricted, people are rushing to parks and riversides in the metropolitan area."
The script is scheduled to be concluded this week on whether to extend the 2.5-stage distance set to be implemented in the metropolitan area until the 13th.
Taeho Yoon, head of quarantine, said, "We will make a final judgment by comprehensively reviewing the confirmed situation nationwide and at the metropolitan level."
Regarding the recent arrival of confirmed cases in Seoul through religious courts and Masses, he said, "We are discussing measures to ban the courts and Masses with the city of Seoul, and we will take necessary measures after evaluating the risk through an epidemiological investigation."
The script said that the Chuseok holiday is also under consideration, such as the'transition of paid highway tolls' to prevent the re-proliferation of Corona 19.
The script has repeatedly emphasized, "Please keep in mind that not visiting your hometown or relatives on Chuseok is a way of filial piety."
On the other hand, the script evaluated that the UK pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca temporarily suspended the phase 3 clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate due to the possibility of side effects as "not uncommon in the vaccine development process" and "after understanding the situation, the government's vaccine We will also review our manufacturing participation plans.”
Previously, the Ministry of Health and Welfare agreed to support vaccine production and export in the future by signing an agreement with AstraZeneca and SK Bioscience.