<Anchor> The number of



additional corona 19 confirmed cases surpassed another 1,000.

We have raised the distance to the metropolitan area to step 2.5, and now 10 days have passed, but the number of patients has not dropped from the four digits for three consecutive days.

The government once said that there is no plan to raise the social distancing stage until this weekend, but in case it gets worse, it has set specific standards for what to do if it goes to the third stage.



The first news, this is Park Chan-beom.



<Reporter> The



average number of domestic cases per day for the past week exceeded 900 for the first time.



It has already met the'average of 800 or more confirmed cases per day', one of the three up-level criteria.



However, the government said its goal is to curb the occurrence of patients as much as possible without going through Step 3, and said it has no plans to upgrade until at least this weekend.



However, in the worst case, concrete standards have been prepared in preparation for the 3rd level upgrade.



[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister: Depending on the situation, we need to quickly determine the level of upgrade of the 3rd stage, so we are widely collecting opinions from related ministries, local governments, and experts.] At the



3rd stage, the quarantine authorities have reached 2 million nationwide. More than one multi-use facility is expected to be closed or included in the operating restrictions.



In particular, in the case of restaurants, measures to strengthen the existing three-step guidelines are being reviewed, and measures to allow only packaging and delivery, like cafes, are being discussed.



[Son Young-rae / Head of Strategic Planning Division, Central Accident Control Headquarters: We are discussing a plan to ban sitting and eating in the store.

In this case, 850,000 restaurants and cafés nationwide will be affected.] In



the case of hypermarkets, it was decided to allow business only for the purchase of daily necessities

.

We are also discussing.



(Video coverage: Jung Seong-hwa, video editing: Park Jin-hoon, CG: Jo Soo-in·Park Sang-hyun)