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order to overcome the crisis, our society has paused its journey to return to daily life, but there are also voices that say that it is not enough. It is not easy to break the current corona momentum just by reducing the size of the meeting and increasing the target of quarantine passes, but the quarantine authorities said that they could consider special measures.



This content was covered by reporter Park Jae-hyun.



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This is a cafe in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul, where the application of the quarantine pass started the day before (the 6th).



Although customers prove their quarantine pass with a QR code, it is not easy for the cafe side to check each one.



[Damanyu/Café President: There are some inconvenient parts from the point of view of the self-employed. When the elderly come or something like that (I am running it alone), I have to do this if something



goes

wrong.]

From this week, the government started taking special quarantine measures to reduce the number of private gatherings and add businesses eligible for quarantine passes.



It is intended to prevent the spread of infection and induce vaccination, but no clear effect is seen yet.



Among experts, voices calling for more robust additional quarantine measures are growing.



He said that it is difficult to predict the peak now, and that quarantine should be strengthened immediately.



[Eom Joong-sik / Professor of Infectious Diseases at Gachon University Gil Hospital: It seems certain that keeping it as it is will not further prevent the occurrence of confirmed patients.

Strong social distancing that can reliably block radio waves in a short period of time (must be enforced.)]



Restriction of business hours in some industries, reduction of additional private gatherings, and

strengthening of social distancing in

religious facilities are being discussed. is still cautious.



“The number of confirmed cases will continue to increase,” said an official from the quarantine authorities.



The Ministry of Education also said it would encourage youth vaccination while maintaining face-to-face classes as much as possible.



(Video editing: Park Ji-in, VJ: Shin So-young)



▶ More than 10,000 new confirmed cases…

When will the quarantine strengthening effect be?


▶ 7,000 new confirmed cases…

40% increase in 1 week