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the Lunar New Year holidays this year, it became difficult to spend the Lunar New Year holidays together with 5 or more people, even if the family lived in a different place.

The government has decided to extend the ban on private gatherings of more than five people and the distance between them until the 14th of this month.

It is the government's will to catch the spread of the corona and bring it back to life like the beginning of school in March.

Among these, the number of new confirmed cases today (1st) is expected to be around 300.



This is Kim Ki-tae.



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number of confirmed daily confirmed patients by 9 o'clock last night was 256, 72 fewer than the previous day.



If we add the uncounted patients to this, it is expected to be around 300.



The average number of confirmed cases per day for the past week was 418.



It again exceeded the standard of 2.5 levels of social distancing, 400 people.



The quarantine authorities judged that large-scale group infections at IM Mission and university hospitals continued, and infections in daily life such as saunas and academies were also increasing.



In particular, as there is a great concern about the rapid spread of infection ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays, the government decided to extend social distancing, which is the 2.5th stage in the metropolitan area and the second stage in the non-metropolitan area, until the end of the New Year.



The ban on private gatherings for more than 5 people and the ban on business after 9pm continues.



[Sae-gyun Jeong/Prime Minister: This is because vaccination and school opening in March can be achieved without a hitch only when the third spreading trend is stabilized until the Lunar New Year holiday, and the recovery of precious daily life can be accelerated using this as a stepping stone.]



However, only in movie theaters and performance halls The space has been slightly relaxed so that you can sit with your companion.



In addition, some quarantine measures have been solved, such as lifting the suspension of operation at 9pm in winter sports facilities such as ski resorts.



The quarantine authorities decided to look at the spread and review the easing of distance this weekend, a week later.