(Fighting against new crown pneumonia) South Korea’s first dose of new crown vaccination rate reaches 80% and resumes daily life from the 1st of next month
China News Service, Seoul, October 29 (Reporter Liu Xu) The South Korean Covid-19 Vaccination Promotion Team stated on the 29th local time that as of 16:00 that day, 41,080,122 people across South Korea had received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, accounting for 80% of the total population. . A total of 38160930 people completed the entire vaccination process, accounting for about 74.3% of the total population. South Korea’s Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters said on the same day that it will implement a four-week first phase of measures to restore order to daily life from November 1, and announce specific implementation plans.
According to the implementation plan, from the 1st of next month, all public facilities in South Korea will no longer be restricted except for entertainment facilities. The upper limit of private gatherings will be expanded to 10 people in the metropolitan area and 12 people in the non-capital area. However, restaurants and cafes will not receive No more than 4 people should be vaccinated against the new crown.
In places with a high risk of infection, such as recreational facilities and indoor sports facilities, the “epidemic prevention pass” system will be implemented. Regarding various activities and gatherings, the number of participants includes 99 people who have not been vaccinated. When only participants who have completed the entire vaccination process and those who have a negative nucleic acid test result, the upper limit is 499. In order to avoid possible chaos, the South Korean government decided to set a one-week transition period from the 1st to the 7th of next month to strive for the implementation of various new measures.
The South Korean government plans to restore the order of daily life in three stages in a unit of six weeks. The first phase focuses on relaxing the time-limit measures for business facilities, the second phase allows large-scale activities, and the third phase strives to lift restrictions on private gatherings. Each stage will be divided into a 4-week implementation period and a 2-week evaluation period.
If there are no major changes, South Korea will start the second phase on December 13, and the third phase from January 24 next year. After entering the third stage, the restrictions related to private parties and activities will be completely lifted. All you need to do is to wear a mask and show a security code indoors.
With reference to national precedents that have implemented the “coexistence with the new crown” model, after returning to daily life, the number of confirmed cases may increase sharply. According to Korean media reports, the Korean Medical Doctors Association warned that the possibility of a fifth wave of pandemics in the country and up to 20,000 new confirmed cases per day cannot be ruled out.
The South Korean government plans that if the intensive care unit utilization rate exceeds 75%, severely ill patients and the number of deaths soar, the government may suspend measures to resume daily life and initiate emergency plans. (over)
【Editor in charge: Liang Yi】
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