<Anchor> The number of
new corona19 confirmed patients in Korea again exceeded 400 in four days.
Amid growing dissatisfaction among self-employed people as social distancing increases, the government said that it is considering easing some measures even before the Lunar New Year holidays.
Reporter Kim Hyung-rae.
<Reporter> There
were 467 new corona19 confirmed cases yesterday (2nd), reaching 400 again in four days.
Of the new confirmed cases, 433 cases were domestically excluding 34 overseas inflows.
By region, there were 309 confirmed cases in the metropolitan area, including 184 in Seoul and 107 in Gyeonggi, and 124 confirmed cases including 35 in Chungnam and 18 in Busan.
The cumulative death toll rose to 1,441 yesterday, with six people killed during treatment.
After 9pm, self-employed businessmen, who suffered damage from business restrictions, took part in a group action, such as a 24-hour open demonstration, and the government announced that it would consider whether some of the quarantine regulations could be relaxed even before the Lunar New Year holidays.
[Yoon Tae-ho / Head of the Central Accident Control Headquarters, Central Accident Control Headquarters: Those things will be done
this weekend
to see if there are any areas that can provide some mitigation for areas that have been taken too strict by evaluating the situation.]
In the next week, we will announce whether distancing is mitigated.
Meanwhile, the 11th Department of Criminals of the Daegu District Court sentenced all 8 members of Shincheonji Daegu Church who were indicted for consultations to obstruct quarantine.
The judge said, "The quarantine authorities required the submission of the full list of members, not an epidemiological investigation, but it was in the preliminary stage of preparation, so the submission of the missing list cannot be considered a violation of the law."
In this regard, the quarantine authorities said they would make a judgment after accurately reviewing the contents of the judgment.