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There are still many people waiting for the vaccine turn, but it is important to increase the vaccination rate as much as possible for a step-by-step recovery. The government is looking at ways to give more benefits to those who have completed vaccinations instead of forcing them to be vaccinated. As early as next month, the benefits may increase.



Correspondent Kim Deok-hyun.



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Except for the Janssen vaccine, two weeks after receiving the vaccine, it is recognized as a completed vaccination.



Those who have completed inoculation are excluded from the limit of the number of private meetings.



However, you can only gather up to 4 more people than the existing occupancy.



In the 3rd level area, it is applied to all multi-use facilities, but in the 4th level area such as the metropolitan area, only restaurants and cafes are recognized.



The government plans to expand these partial incentives as early as October.



[Lee Ki-il / Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters 1st Controller: There are plans to expand such incentives for those who have completed inoculation in the future. We will review the specific application plan later and tell you about it.]



More relaxed standards for the number of private gatherings for those who have completed inoculation, permission to watch sports events, and expansion of the number of people attending weddings are discussed.



The government has not yet considered a plan to make vaccination mandatory for high-risk occupations such as medical staff and faculty.



He explained that the participation rate for vaccination is high even if it is not compulsory.



[Kwon Jun-wook/Director of the National Institute of Health: Rather than obligating specific target groups to be vaccinated, we plan to focus on increasing the inoculation rate and encouraging people to participate in the current vaccination as much as possible… .] The



government announced that the vaccination interval between Pfizer and Moderna, which was previously increased to six weeks, can be reduced depending on supply and demand conditions.



In addition, he said that he would consider simplifying the quarantine measures, such as distancing, because it was pointed out that it is complicated by being divided by place and time.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho)