<Anchor> As the number



of new mutations and the number of confirmed cases is rapidly increasing during the time of returning to daily life, the government is contemplating how to take preventive measures. We are actively reviewing measures to broaden the target of the quarantine pass and reduce the number of people who can gather together again.



Reporter Sang-Woo Ahn will tell you about this.



<Reporter> On the



29th, the government announced special quarantine measures instead of switching to the second stage of daily recovery, but was cautious about keeping distance.



This is because it is necessary to collect opinions more in consideration of the economic damage to the self-employed and small business owners and inconvenience to the public.



[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare (the day before): To focus on solving the problems that appeared in the process rather than stopping or returning the difficult daily recovery... .]



However, sooner than expected, the number of new confirmed cases exceeded 5,000, and as a patient suspected of being infected with Omicron appeared, the government hurriedly resumed discussions on additional quarantine measures.



These are measures that were put on hold while being reviewed as special quarantine measures.



Priority is being discussed on the scale of private gatherings in the metropolitan area, reducing the number of unvaccinated visitors to restaurants and cafes, and expanding the target of the quarantine pass to indoor sports facilities, karaoke rooms, entertainment pubs, nursing homes, and senior citizens’ centers.



[Jeon Hae-cheol/Minister of Public Administration and Security: We will discuss additional measures to strengthen quarantine through the daily recovery support meeting this week and inform the public of the results.]



Park Soo-hyeon, senior presidential secretary for public communication at the Blue House, said in an interview with a media outlet, "We are preparing a scenario because we believe that strengthening social distancing will be inevitable if the epidemic cannot be dealt with."



There are also opinions that the quarantine was quickly lifted at once.



[Kim Young-hee / Yangcheon-gu, Seoul: I think it was too early, (the quarantine measures) were released, and the number rapidly increased to 1,000, 2,000, 3,000, and reached 5,000.] The



government will be Prime Minister tomorrow

.

Additional quarantine measures will be announced as early as the next day after a quarantine strategy meeting chaired by



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, video editing: Yoon Tae-ho, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)



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