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Controversy over the obligation to wear an indoor mask, one of the last remaining Corona 19 quarantine measures, has rekindled.



Daejeon City recently delivered an official document to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters for Corona 19, saying, 'If the government does not lift the mandatory indoor mask wearing measure by the 15th, it will issue its own administrative order and implement it.'



It is the first time that a local government has officially expressed a different position from the government regarding the mandatory mask.



Regarding this, the Central Defense Response Headquarters (Bangdaebon) said, "The lifting of the obligation to wear indoor masks will be implemented through the decision of the major scriptwriter." plan,” he said.



Today, at the regular meeting of the heavy script headquarter presided over by the prime minister on October 29 of last year, 'In terms of social distancing measures including masks, local governments can implement strengthened quarantine measures, but the relaxed quarantine measures are subject to prior consultation with the heavy handbook and prior consultation with the heavy script book. It was decided that it can be adjusted after reporting, etc.", making it clear that local governments cannot take measures to ease quarantine alone.



Article 15 of the 'Framework Act on Disaster and Safety Management' stipulates that the head of the Central Safety Countermeasure Headquarters can direct the heavy water headquarters and local countermeasure headquarters, and the head of the heavy water headquarters can command the mayor/provincial governor and the head of a city/county/district.



First of all, there is virtually no possibility that a government-level decision regarding indoor masks will be made before the coming 15 days, the time suggested by Daejeon City.



The quarantine authorities said, "While monitoring the epidemic situation, we plan to specify the timing of easing the indoor mask duty through open discussions and advisory committee discussions." The first expert discussion was held on the 15th.



Expert opinions are collected in the first and second discussions, and the final decision is made in the script after an advisory committee meeting.



Bang Dae-bon said, "We are currently in close consultation with Daejeon City regarding the 'relief of the obligation to wear masks indoors in the winter'" and "we expect to be able to resolve it smoothly through situation assessment and discussions with experts."