Launch of Daily Recovery Committee Accelerating 'With Corona'... Roadmap to be Prepared by End of October (Comprehensive)

4 Divisions: Economic Livelihood, Socio-Culture, Autonomy & Safety, and Medical Quarantine
Collecting Public Opinions and Policy Consultation... Accelerating With Corona Measures

On the 5th of last month (local time), spectators gathered closely at Wembley Stadium in London, UK, to watch the World Cup qualifying match between the England and Andorra football teams. A similar scene is expected to be seen soon in Korea. (Image source=Reuters Yonhap News)

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The government has launched the COVID-19 Daily Recovery Support Committee to draft detailed plans for the 'gradual return to normal life (With COVID-19)' policy. It was decided to prepare a With COVID-19 roadmap by the end of this month, and the organizational structure and direction of implementation were discussed.

The Prime Minister's Office announced that Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum appointed the committee's co-chairpersons and civilian members and held the first meeting on the 13th at the International Conference Hall of the Government Seoul Office Annex. The two co-chairpersons are Prime Minister Kim and Professor Choi Jae-chun, Chair Professor of the Department of EcoScience at Ewha Womans University. Among the government members, there are eight ministers including those from the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Ministry of Education, Ministry of the Interior and Safety, Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Ministry of SMEs and Startups, as well as the Director of the Office for Government Policy Coordination and the Commissioner of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency. The 30 civilian members include Kim Ki-hong, co-representative of the Emergency Committee for Self-Employed, Oh Se-hee, president of the Korea Federation of Micro Enterprise, and Lee Tae-soo, president of the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs.

The committee will operate through four subcommittees: economy and livelihood, socio-culture, local autonomy and safety, and quarantine and medical care. This means they intend to maximize synergy by reflecting opinions from various sectors as much as possible. They set the principle of drafting policies based on public opinion collection and in-depth discussions.

Formation and Roles of the COVID-19 Daily Recovery Support Committee. (Source: Prime Minister's Office)

At the meeting, they evaluated Korea's COVID-19 response and discussed future directions. They referred to overseas cases pursuing daily recovery, such as the UK, Israel, Germany, and Portugal. They reviewed agenda items requiring discussion based on three basic directions: ▲gradual and phased ▲inclusive daily recovery ▲pursued together with the public.

For example, in quarantine and medical care, focused discussions will be held on vaccination and adverse reaction responses, adjustment of social distancing, and in the economy and livelihood sector, recovery of damages to small business owners and self-employed, support measures for companies, finance, employment, and labor. Socio-culture will discuss recovery of educational deficits, and local autonomy and safety will discuss creating a local community daily recovery ecosystem.

The Prime Minister's Office stated that they plan to prepare a 'gradual daily recovery roadmap' by the end of this month. To this end, subcommittee meetings by sector will be held to reflect opinions from all walks of society. Even after the transition to gradual daily recovery, the committee will hold meetings at least once a month, and subcommittees will meet at least twice a month.

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