Announcing a new social distancing adjustment plan today... The 'five-person ban' seems to be maintained

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Today (11th), the number of new corona cases is expected to be less than 600. The government has decided to extend the business hours of restaurants and entertainment establishments in the metropolitan area from July to 12:00 p.m. if the current number of confirmed cases is maintained.

Reporter Im Tae-woo reports.

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Starting next month, the new social distancing system reform plan, which has been reduced from level 5 to level 4, will be implemented.

The new reform plan will be announced next week, and it is expected to include a ban on gatherings of more than five people and a step-by-step method of lifting restrictions on business hours.

In the metropolitan area where the 2nd stage of distancing is currently applied, the 2nd stage is expected to be applied to the new system as well. From next month, restaurants, cafes and entertainment facilities in the metropolitan area will be able to operate until midnight, and other facilities will be able to operate without time limit.

Prior to that, the Seoul Metropolitan Government will conduct a pilot trial of 'win-win prevention' for one month starting tomorrow.

The opening hours of the gyms and indoor golf driving ranges in Mapo-gu and Gangdong-gu, Seoul will be extended from 10:00 p.m. to midnight.

Instead, quarantine rules have been strengthened, and employees at participating workplaces must undergo PCR, or gene amplification, test once every two weeks.

[Park Yu-mi/Seoul City Citizen Health Bureau: (The gym and indoor golf course) were selected because of the advantages of being operated as a member system, which makes it easier to manage users, such as identifying users and distributing demand for use.] A

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Ina cafes and singing practice centers were excluded from the test target due to the high risk of infection.

The distance adjustment plan to be applied from next week will be announced today, and it is expected that the current social distancing stage and the ban on private gatherings of more than five people will be extended until the end of this month.