As the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic continues, the government has ordered public officials to conduct rapid antigen testing when returning from vacation.
We decided to provide emergency support of 50,000 won a day for up to 10 days to those on family care leave, and strongly recommended the conversion of remote classes to private academies frequented by students during summer vacation.
Kim Seong-ho, the 2nd general coordinator of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (head of the Disaster Safety Management Headquarters of the Ministry of Public Administration and Security) said in a remark at the main meeting held at the government complex in Sejong on the 27th, "The public service community is preemptive when returning from vacation from today to the end of August. "We will implement rapid antigen testing," he said.
2nd General Coordinator Kim said that he plans to actively recommend vacations for symptomatic workers to workplaces and provide emergency support for up to 10 days at a rate of 50,000 won per day to those on family care leave.
The government has been conducting an emergency support project for family care expenses for COVID-19 with this content since March.
It will be held until December 16th, and the related budget has not been exhausted yet.
Regarding the start of the summer vacation this week, we strongly recommend that private institutes switch to remote classes and refrain from group activities, and conduct on-site inspections with the cooperation of private institutes and related ministries.
Centering on the provincial and provincial offices of education, we are strengthening infection prevention life guidance in multi-use facilities and strictly observing quarantine rules for care classes operated during vacations.
For cultural facilities such as movie theaters, concert halls, and sports facilities, 2,800 quarantine support personnel will be dispatched, and we will cooperate with related organizations to actively induce facility users to comply with quarantine rules.
For large distribution facilities with a large floating population, we plan to conduct on-site inspections by companies, local governments, and the government in parallel for quarantine management and safe eating management for workers and users.
"The number of confirmed cases today exceeded 100,000 for the first time in 99 days since April 20," said Kim 2nd general coordinator. “, he explained.
He also emphasized that "the detection rate and reinfection rate of Omicron mutations with high immune evasion are also increasing," he said
. We plan to secure more than 4,000 beds in stages and increase the number of one-stop medical institutions that can test, treat, and prescribe to 10,000 by the end of this month
. Instead of uniformly maintaining distance, we want to overcome it through daily quarantine based on citizen participation
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