The government "goal to announce the adjustment plan on the 18th... the quarantine pass needs to be maintained"

The government said that it is planning to announce a plan to adjust social distancing on Friday the 18th.

While the government is making moves to ease social distancing measures, it is of the position that it is necessary to maintain the quarantine pass (inoculation certificate, voice confirmation system) a little more.

At a regular briefing on the 15th, Son Young-rae, head of the Social Strategy Division at the Central Accident Remediation Headquarters of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, said that it is collecting opinions from experts from various fields, including members of the Daily Recovery Support Committee, with the goal of announcing an adjustment plan on the coming 18th on social distancing. I did.

Regarding the content of the adjustment, he emphasized, "We are listening to various opinions because we have to decide how much social and economic damage we will suffer according to the change in the characteristics of the epidemic due to the dominance of the omicron mutation."

The government is expected to ease the current social distancing measures that limit the maximum number of people for private gatherings to 6 and business hours such as restaurants to 9 pm.

Prime Minister Kim Bu-gyeom appeared on KBS's emergency diagnosis yesterday and said, "We will come to a conclusion within this week" regarding social distancing. I will judge,” he said.

Regarding the quarantine pass, Director Sohn said, "Considering the cost-effectiveness of achieving the policy goal of minimizing severity and death, I think it is necessary to maintain the quarantine pass more than distance."

However, he said, "We plan to continue reviewing whether it is necessary to partially adjust (the quarantine pass) while looking at the overall quarantine system reorganization and the current epidemic situation."

Director Sohn said, "The quarantine pass focuses on preventing infection and transmission of those who are not vaccinated. People who are not vaccinated are about 4% of adults,” he said.

He said, "In the past 8 weeks, 62% of critically ill patients and 66.5% of deaths were non-vaccinated. , and how to protect the 4% unvaccinated continues to be a major issue."