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Taking off the mask after two years is a big change in our quarantine policy.

Just yesterday (27th), the transition committee said that it would decide whether to take off the mask outside around the end of next month, but today, a day later, the government has come to a different conclusion.

There are also interpretations of whether it is a nerve war over the quarantine performance.



Next is reporter Park Jae-hyun. 



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At the same time yesterday, the Presidential Transition Committee announced a new quarantine policy, and the government held regular briefings. 



The government will announce tomorrow on whether or not to release the outdoor mask, and the transition committee will make a decision at the end of next month. 



There were speculations that the transition committee's opinion would be accepted, but the government chose to lift it.



A government official said in a phone call with SBS, "If the takeover committee had provided specific grounds or standards, they would have accepted and reviewed it, but they did not."



The effectiveness of outdoor masks in preventing infection is minimal, as shown in a European joint study.



[Kim Nam-joong/Professor of Infectious Diseases at Seoul National University Hospital: Most of them compare the mask wearing rate and disease incidence in hospitals or in the local community 



. I countered that I was forced to go overboard. 



He explained that it was meant to be cautious in a situation where there are still many confirmed cases. 



[Choi Jae-wook/Corona Special Committee Member of the Acquisition Committee: Because it can deliver the wrong message about the people's quarantine and masks, and the general part...

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Because of the symbolism of the daily recovery of mask removal, there is an interpretation that the government is trying to implement it before the inauguration of the new government and after the inauguration of the transition committee. 



The timing of lifting the quarantine obligation for confirmed patients also differs. 



While the government announced that it would be scheduled for the 23rd of next month, the transition committee was postponed to within 100 days of its launch. 



It is pointed out that different quarantine policies have been issued in the past week and have only caused confusion among the people. 



(Video editing: Kim Jong-mi, CG: Jeon Yu-geun)