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has been two weeks now since we paused our journey to return to our daily lives and practiced social distancing. The increase in the number of corona patients has somewhat slowed down, but the number of patients with severe cases still exceeds 1,000. So, the government is expected to extend the current distance by two more weeks and postpone the application of the youth quarantine pass, which has been controversial, to March.



Correspondent Kim Kyung-hee.



<Reporter> The number of



new COVID-19 cases was 5,37, which was around 5,000 for two days in a row.



This is a marked decrease compared to last Wednesday and Thursday, when the number of 7,000 and 6,000 people was recorded.



There was no corona patient waiting for more than a day because there were no hospital beds, and there was not a single person for two days in a row.



The problem is that the number of people with gastritis seldom decreases.



1,145, the second-highest number in history, recording the 1,000 mark for ten days in a row.



[Son Young-rae/Chief of Social Strategy Team at Central Accident Resolving Headquarters (Yesterday): (The number of perjury patients) is a very important indicator in terms of increasing the actual damage caused by COVID-19. It is decreasing (it can be assessed.)]



Considering that it will take longer for the decrease in the number of confirmed cases to lead to a decrease in the number of severe cases, it is likely that the adjustment plan to be announced tomorrow will remain current for two weeks.



However, it is interesting to see whether fine adjustments will be made by industry.



The youth quarantine pass is a policy that will be pushed forward despite opposition from parents and academies.



[Sohn Young-rae / Head of Social Strategy Division, Central Accident Remediation Headquarters (today): Everyone agrees to the basic principle of applying the quarantine pass for teenagers because the academy is a facility that is vulnerable to group infection and has a high degree of risk...

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However, due to complaints about time constraints, the application date, which was announced on February 1 of next year, is expected to be delayed by one month to the beginning of March, when the new semester begins.



So far, the primary vaccination rate for 12 to 15-year-olds has reached 66.7%, and the completion rate of the second vaccination is 38%.



(Video editing: So Ji-hye)