'Church-Originated COVID-19 Spread' Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun to Deliver National Address at 5 PM... Announces Strengthened Quarantine Measures
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun is delivering opening remarks at the Cabinet meeting held on the 18th at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul. Photo by Jang Jin-hyeong aymsdream@
View original image[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun will announce strengthened quarantine measures related to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) at 5 p.m. on the 18th at the Government Seoul Office.
As the COVID-19 cluster infections originating from churches in the metropolitan area have spread nationwide, Prime Minister Chung will preside over an emergency Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters (CDSCH) meeting in the afternoon and announce the related results in the form of a statement. This will be the fourth time Prime Minister Chung has issued a public statement regarding COVID-19.
Prime Minister Chung is expected to expand the social distancing level, which was previously raised to level 2 for the Seoul and Gyeonggi areas, to Incheon, Busan, and other regions. Given the trend of COVID-19 infections spreading nationwide from metropolitan area churches, there is also a possibility of raising the social distancing level on a nationwide scale.
In particular, a measure to ban offline worship services at metropolitan area churches is expected to be included in the statement through the CDSCH meeting. Since this cluster infection mainly occurred in churches in the metropolitan area, discussions are underway with religious circles to switch all gatherings to online.
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Prime Minister Chung urged restraint on religious gatherings and other crowded events in his first statement on February 22. Additionally, he issued a second statement on March 8, one day before the implementation of the '5-day mask purchase rotation system,' and about two weeks later, on the 21st, a third statement recommending the suspension of operations at religious and entertainment facilities.
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