Jung Daebon "Maintaining Gathering Restrictions for 5 or More People in the Capital Area"... Effectively Keeping Level 3 Measures

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[Asia Economy Reporter Hyungsoo Park] The central government and the local governments of three metropolitan cities in the Seoul metropolitan area have decided to postpone the implementation of the new social distancing reform plan, which was scheduled to take effect from the 1st of next month, by one week.

On the 30th, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters announced in a press release, "As a result of gathering opinions through autonomous district meetings in Seoul this afternoon, it was decided to postpone the application of the new social distancing system for one week (July 1 to July 7)."

They added, "Gyeonggi-do and Incheon City also shared the situation and agreed to postpone the social distancing reform for the entire metropolitan area by one week," and "We respect the autonomous decisions of the metropolitan local governments and agree to have a one-week grace period."

The Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters emphasized, "We will do our utmost together with the metropolitan local governments to stabilize the spread in the metropolitan area."

For one week starting July 1, the current ban on private gatherings of five or more people will be maintained. Depending on the trend of confirmed cases during this period, the decision on whether to apply the new social distancing measures after the 8th will be made again. According to the new social distancing criteria, effectively, level 3 will be applied in the metropolitan area for one week.

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