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Yesterday (13th), 109 new cases of Corona 19 and 98 cases in Korea were counted.
For two weeks starting today, the second phase of social distancing in the Seoul metropolitan area will be applied.
This is Nam Joo-hyun.
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Among the 109 new confirmed cases, 98 cases occurred in Korea, recording double digits for two consecutive days.
41 in Seoul, 30 in Gyeonggi, and 10 in Incheon were identified in the metropolitan area.
The health authorities assessed that the effect of strengthening social distancing centered on the metropolitan area from the 16th of last month, even taking into account the factors that decreased the inspection volume on weekends.
[Yoon Tae-ho / Head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters: The amount of mobile phone movement in the metropolitan area decreased by about 15% compared to the amount of movement in the previous week before the second step of distancing the metropolitan area.
The amount of mobile phone traffic across the country has decreased by about 21%.]
From today, the health authorities will slightly ease the social distancing from the 2.5 stage to the second stage, but strengthen the quarantine management of dangerous facilities.
From today, restaurants can also be open after 9 p.m., and franchise cafés can also receive customers in store seats.
However, you must follow quarantine rules such as wearing a mask and sitting on a table.
Small and medium-sized academies, reading rooms, study cafes, and indoor sports facilities are also banned from gatherings, and PC rooms are excluded from high-risk facilities and open.
However, 11 high-risk facilities such as entertainment pubs, singing practice rooms, and large academies with more than 300 people are still banned from gathering.
The government plans to further strengthen quarantine by setting two weeks as a'special quarantine period' starting on the 28th, when the Chuseok holiday begins.