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The government is considering lifting all social distancing regulations except for mask-wearing if it confirms a “definite” decline in daily COVID-19 cases over the next two weeks.
Health minister Kwon Deok-cheol said on Friday that the rules up for consideration include business curfews, gathering bans and limits on large events. Mandatory mask-wearing indoors, however, will remain.
In addition to a decline in the number of cases, the ministry must also see stability in the number of critical cases and the medical system.
This comes as the government further eased social distancing rules for two weeks starting Monday, allowing up to ten people to gather and permitting businesses, including restaurants and coffee shops, to operate until midnight.
Authorities assessed that the virus transmission is declining after hitting its peak two weeks ago.
However, they predict that critical cases and deaths could further rise until early to mid-April, while pointing to uncertainty over whether the case decline will continue amid the dominance of the stealth omicron sublineage.
Social Distancing Rules to be Lifted after Virus Decline Confirmed
Source: Matira Matibay
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