The government announced on the 21st that it will expand the limit of the number of private gatherings from the current 6 to 8.
The business hours of multi-use facilities such as restaurants, which are open until 11pm, have not been adjusted.
Deok-cheol Kwon, the 1st deputy head of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (Minister of Health and Welfare), said in a remark at the main headquarters meeting presided over at the government complex in Sejong on the 18th, "From next Monday, the limit of private gatherings due to social distancing will be reduced from 6 to 8 people. to be adjusted,” he announced.
“It is time to re-adjust the social distancing for the past two weeks, but considering the Omicron pandemic, the burden on the medical response system, and the uncertainty of predicting the peak of the epidemic, there is a lot of concern about easing the distance,” said Kwon. said.
He said that as of 00:00 today, the number of new confirmed cases has exceeded 400,000, and the number of deaths is 301.
At the same time, he was concerned that the nationwide Corona 19 critical care bed utilization rate is rapidly increasing to 66.5%, and regionally, the utilization rate has reached 90%, indicating that some places are saturated.
First Deputy Director Kwon said, "After much debate, we have come to the conclusion that only the number of people will be slightly adjusted in consideration of the inconveniences of the people and alleviating the suffering of the self-employed and small business owners."