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government has relaxed the distance so that up to 10 people can gather until midnight for two weeks from Monday the day after (4th).
After two weeks, we will also consider removing all social distancing except for wearing a mask indoors.
The thing is, you can also take off the mask outdoors.
Reporter Han Seong-hee reports
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The adjustment of the distance has only been slightly relaxed.
We just increased the number of people in the meeting by two more and extended our business hours by one more hour.
He said that he considered risk factors such as stealth omicron.
However, he said that after the end of this distance, from the 18th, it can be completely eliminated.
[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: Finally, except for indoor masks, all quarantine regulations such as business hours, private meetings, and large-scale events will be lifted and we will move on to a system close to daily life.]
Including the fact that you can take off the mask outdoors That's it.
The 'step-by-step recovery of daily life', which was suspended at the end of last year, is implemented at once, effectively returning it to the pre-COVID stage.
There is a good clue that the trend of severe cases and deaths will remain stable.
Even if the number of confirmed cases increases somewhat, it seems that there will be no change in the government's policy unless there is an explosion.
Self-employed people say we need to end social distancing now.
[Park Gwang-suk / Restaurant president: It's hard, (distancing) we have to get rid of everything.
Should we let the business run a little bit together?]
[Kim Eun-kwang/Bar Employee: (Distancing) I don’t think it has any effect, now.
I think it would be better if they released it as soon as possible, not after 2-3 weeks.]
The government has decided to stop paying 10 million won for each corona dead person.
However, we have decided to continue to support the cost of preventing radio waves for a safe funeral.