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distance between the metropolitan area was raised to 2.5 steps, and ten days have passed, but the number of new corona 19 confirmed cases exceeded 1,000 on the third day with 1,062.

The government said it had no plans to raise the distancing phase at least during this weekend, but concrete guidelines have been put in place to prepare for the three phase upgrade.



This is Park Chan-beom.



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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 stage upgrade.



[Sae-Kyun Jeong/Prime Minister: Depending on the situation, we have a wide range of opinions from relevant ministries, local governments, and experts because it is necessary to quickly determine the level of upgrade in the third stage.] When the



quarantine authorities reach the third stage, 2 million places nationwide More than this multi-use facility is expected to be closed or included in the operating restrictions.



In particular, in the case of restaurants, measures to be reinforced over the previously established 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 large marts, it was decided to allow business only for the purchase of daily necessities

. In

the case of meetings, measures to be strengthened by banning from 10 or more to 5 or more We are also discussing.