Prime Minister Kim: "Last Chance to Gauge Daily Recovery... Vaccination Speed Must Increase"
Presiding Over the COVID-19 Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters Meeting... "A Situation Like Walking on Thin Ice"
Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum presiding over the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting on COVID-19 response held at the Government Seoul Office on the 12th. (Photo by Yonhap News)
View original image[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum said on the 12th, after the holiday, "(This week is) a time to prepare for the phased recovery of daily life and the last chance to gauge whether the harmony between daily life and quarantine is possible."
At the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters (CDSCH) meeting on COVID-19 held at the Government Seoul Office that day, Prime Minister Kim said, "This week, we must decide the social distancing level to be applied from next week."
Regarding the significant increase in movement during the two consecutive weeks of holidays amid plans for phased daily life recovery starting early next month, he described the situation as "walking on thin ice."
He emphasized, "If the quarantine situation is managed stably this month, the daily life recovery that the people long for can be brought forward a little, and the pain of small business owners and self-employed people can be alleviated."
He added, "For the next ten days or so, we must maximize the speed of vaccination to achieve the goal of '70% of the entire population completing vaccination,'" encouraging vaccination among foreign residents in Korea, whose vaccination rate is relatively low.
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Regarding the 'COVID-19 Daily Life Recovery Support Committee' officially launched on the 13th, Prime Minister Kim said, "It will play a central role in creating a blueprint for daily life recovery by incorporating opinions from all walks of life," and "Phased daily life recovery will be a journey that all citizens undertake together."
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