Starting from November 1 local time, South Korea's health department announced the implementation of new epidemic prevention measures, and the conditions allow for the gradual relaxation of epidemic prevention restrictions, and entered the epidemic prevention mode of "coexisting with new crown ". The new epidemic prevention measures will be carried out in stages, starting from November 1st, for a period of four weeks.
Phase 1 measures include the expansion of private gatherings in the capital circle and areas outside the capital circle to 10 and 12 people. Business hours in restaurants and coffee shops will be unrestricted, but up to 4 people will be allowed to gather for unvaccinated people. For entertainment and sports venues with high risk of epidemic transmission, the "epidemic prevention pass" system will be implemented, that is, citizens are required to present vaccination certificates or negative virus test certificates before entering the venue. Bars, nightclubs and other places can be opened until 24:00. In terms of activities and gatherings, the maximum number of people allowed to gather is 99 if they are not vaccinated. If all the rally members are vaccinated or have negative tests for the virus, the number of people who can gather will be relaxed to 499.
△Itaewon, Seoul for Halloween (Photo source: social media)
In addition to the gradual relaxation of epidemic prevention measures, many Korean airlines have also stated that they will increase international air flights from this month to meet people's travel needs. Korean Air has decided to resume regular flights to Hawaii, the United States, Sydney, Australia, Auckland, New Zealand and other places, and Asian Airlines will also increase flights to Bangkok, Thailand and Singapore. Many South Korean travel agencies have also launched outbound travel products, and the tourism industry, which has been hit hard by the epidemic, is slowly recovering. Although the epidemic prevention measures are gradually relaxing, in the past three days, more than 1,200 people in South Korea have been accused of violating epidemic prevention regulations. As of 0:00 on November 1, local time, South Korea has reported a total of 1,686 new coronavirus infections in the past 24 hours, with a total of 366,386 confirmed cases and a total of 2,858 deaths.
Currently, more than 80% of the people in South Korea have received at least one injection of the new crown vaccine , and more than 75% of the people have completed the injection of the vaccine. With the relaxation of epidemic prevention measures, South Korea's health department said that a new round of epidemic transmission may occur in the future, and the number of new confirmed cases in a single day may reach 2 to 3 times that of now. (CCTV)
