해수욕장 예약제부터 '혼잡도 신호등'...“여름 휴가철, 연휴 분산 사용하고 마스크 착용 지켜야”<br /><br />The summer heat is scorching here in South Korea...but as the coronavirus pandemic is still ongoing the government has come up with a beach booking systems to avoid overcrowding.<br />The COVID-19 situation in the country is showing no signs of diminishing.<br />The number of new cases soared to almost to 60 Thursday with further cluster infections in the Seoul metropolitan area.<br />Choi Jeong-yoon reports.<br />With summer holidays approaching for many in South Korea, the government has asked people to use their vacation time sparingly...while also following individual quarantine rules such as wearing masks.<br />In order to prevent large gatherings and to ensure safe distances between people, the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries has come up with its first-ever beach booking system.<br />Starting with beaches in Jeollanam-do Province in July, visitors must make reservations online using a government-run website.<br />An online traffic light will track how crowded beaches are.<br />Green light indicates the beach has the advised number of people.<br />This number is measured by dividing the whole area by three-point-two square meters, a standardized area for one person and a two-meter distance between others.<br />Yellow is between 100 to 200 percent of the recommended number, and red...over 200 percent. The traffic signal is updated every 30 minutes.<br />Meanwhile the government says there is the possibility of South Korea facing a resurgence of COVID-19 with the epidemic prolonging for years.<br />As securing an adequate number of intensive care beds is critical, health authorities will alter guidelines to discharge patients with dead viruses.<br />It's also considering expanding the intensified social distancing measures to the whole nation that have been implemented in metropolitan areas.<br />As of Thursday, South Korea reported 59 new cases of COVID-19, 86-percent of which are community-based transmissions.<br />Concerns rise as cases are scattered with new infections confirmed in the central city of Daejeon as well as Sejong and Chungcheongnam-do and Jeollabuk-do provinces.<br />This is the first time in six days that there have been more than 50 new cases.<br />Choi Jeong-yoon, Arirang News.<br />
