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number of additional confirmed cases per day exceeded 100,000 again in three months.

The number of patients with severe cases whose symptoms worsened after contracting Corona is also increasing.

The government has come up with additional measures while emphasizing autonomous quarantine, but it is also pointed out that the effectiveness is limited as most of them are recommendations rather than regulations or obligations.



Today (27th), the first news reporter Hyung-woo Hyung will be delivered.



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With the spread of the epidemic, the government has introduced quarantine measures for each social sector.



First of all, it was recommended that each workplace be guaranteed leave for workers with corona symptoms.



If you take unpaid family care leave due to a family diagnosis, the support will continue to 50,000 won per day, up to 500,000 won.



We recommended remote classes to private academies and asked them to refrain from various experiential events or group activities.



2,800 people will be sent to the concert halls and movie theaters to check the guidelines for wearing masks and quarantine rules.



It also included rapid antigen testing, tasting at department stores and marts, refraining from eating and drinking, and ventilating three times a day when public officials returned from vacation. Most of the announcements are 'recommendations or requests'.



[Kyung-ran Paik/Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: It is not a regulation or a duty, but a desire to establish a routine of daily quarantine by observing the quarantine rules in daily life practiced by the people themselves…

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As a result of the investigation, the quarantine authorities revealed that 58.5% of them agreed with the maintenance of autonomous quarantine, which was 20 percentage points higher than the government-led strengthening of quarantine.



[Park Eun-hye / Bucheon-si, Gyeonggi-do: I'm anxious, but there are various ripples when self-employed people regulate again.

Maybe we should go while keeping the current status quo and be careful with each other.] Even if



social distancing is left as the last card, there is an opinion that effective measures are needed to curb the re-infestation.



Expansion of free PCR testing to quickly find hidden confirmed cases and strengthening quarantine measures at large-scale events.



[Jeong Jae-hoon/Professor of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University: In the case of support for examination fees or support for those in quarantine, if it is a sufficiently cost-effective policy, support should be continued.]



The government will take additional measures when there are signs of crisis in the fatality rate and critical care treatment. He said he would review it.



(Video coverage: Kim Yong-woo, video editing: Kim Ho-jin)