South Korea PM orders revamp of COVID-19 social distancing rules
04 February, 2021
South Korean Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun in Thursday (Feb 4) ordered a revamp of interpersonal distancing guidelines in a bid to gain greater open public support for efforts to stop native transmission of the brand new coronavirus.
The country's five-tier social distancing system has faced a public backlash for imposing unfair restrictions and curfews on specific businesses, including a ban on indoor restaurant eating after 9pm.
"Rather than introduce the rules unilaterally, we should get the virus prevention guidelines along with the people," Chung told an intra-agency meeting in Thursday.
Separately, wellness authorities warned on Thursday that a large fourth wave of infections due to the extra transmissible British and South African coronavirus variants cannot be ruled out. There were 39 confirmed instances of those variants.
While South Korea had initial achievement in containing the virus without drastic lockdowns, an incremental approach to social distancing and extra rigid recommendations were criticised for leaving it scrambling to include a third wave of transmissions.
As well, however, hundreds of cafe and cafe owners in the united states complained about the impact of the bans on their businesses. Health club owners hurt by restrictions reopened in protest against strict public distancing rules, prior to the new lifting of the ban.
South Korea has one of the world's highest proportion of self-employed people, about 25 % of the work market, making it particularly susceptible to downturns.
Authorities on Sunday extended by fourteen days a requirement to see community distancing, urging vigilance ahead of the Chinese New Time break, when tens of an incredible number of Koreans usually travel in the united states. The holiday commences on Feb 11.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Firm (KDCA) reported 7 new deaths and 451 new cases by Wednesday, for a complete of just one 1,448 deaths and 79,762 cases overall.
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