However, the objective is that wearing the interior mask is “recommended”, said Prime Minister, Han Duck-Soo.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
It was one of the last restrictions linked to the COVVI-19 still in force in the country. Compulsory since October 2020, wearing the interior mask will no longer be required except in public transport and medical establishments, from January 30, that is “after the Lunar New Year Holidays”, announced, Friday, January 20, South Korea authorities.
However, the objective is that wearing the interior mask is “recommended,” said Prime Minister Han Duck-Soo, during a government meeting on the response strategy against COVVI-19. Fire covers for businesses and social distancing measures had been removed for a long time. However, people whose SARS-COV-2 screening test is positive will still have to isolate themselves for seven days. 2> “The external risk factors deemed to be sufficiently manageable”
According to the Prime Minister, this decision was taken given the response capacity deemed solid in the South Korean health system, the decrease in the number of serious cases and deaths due to Sars-Cov-2, as that from the downward trend of new infections.
“The external risk factors have also been deemed sufficiently manageable,” he added, in an apparent reference to the recent Seoul reaction to the flambé of cases in China. In response to health restrictions imposed by South Korea on Chinese travelers, Beijing announced last week the abolition of the visa exemption for South Korean citizens.
Nearly 30 million South Koreans have been contaminated by SARS-COV-2, and more than 33,000 died from COVVI-19, according to official data. The South Korea strategy, a country which has tested massively without ever imposing compulsory containment, was praised at the start of the health crisis and quickly erected as a model of the fight against the COVVI-19 epidemic.