청 "Minimize Attendance to Essential Personnel at President-led Meetings" (Comprehensive)

Plastic Transparent Partitions at Cheongwadae Senior Secretary Meeting... Mandatory Mask Wearing Inside Cheongwadae Offices

[Asia Economy Reporter Ryu Jeong-min] Kang Min-seok, the Blue House spokesperson, stated in a written briefing on the results of the senior secretaries and aides meeting on the 24th, "To strengthen social distancing measures due to the spread of COVID-19, from today, meetings presided over by the President have been conducted with the minimum number of essential attendees."

Spokesperson Kang explained, "For today's senior secretaries meeting, transparent plastic partitions were installed and the number of attendees was minimized. However, even if senior secretaries were not physically present at the meeting, all former secretaries and above were able to watch the meeting through the internal real-time video streaming system."

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Spokesperson Kang added, "The morning staff meeting presided over by President Moon Jae-in was also held in a small conference room at Yeomin 3-gwan, with transparent plastic partitions between attendees who wore masks," and "Going forward, Blue House employees plan to wear masks at all times not only when commuting but also while working in their offices."

He continued, "We have established response guidelines that strictly prohibit any conversation during meals in the cafeteria," and "Previously, the Blue House set up a COVID-19 emergency inspection meeting system chaired by Chief Presidential Secretary Noh Young-min, which has been in operation since last week."

Meanwhile, at the senior secretaries meeting that day, President Moon stated, "If we fail to contain it at this stage, social distancing will inevitably have to be raised to level 3," and described the situation as "a far more serious emergency than the early COVID-19 outbreak related to Shincheonji."

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