국내 코로나 97명 확진, 거리두기 5단계…마스크•출근•등교•종교활동 어떻게 바뀌나<br /><br />Our top story this lunchtime.<br />South Korea is reporting an additional 97 COVID-19 cases on this Monday.<br />It's back under one hundred for the first time in 6 days.<br />Most were locally transmitted and most centered in and around Seoul.<br />The government has also announced a new social distancing measure scheme, which aims to better reflect the situation on the ground.<br />Kim Yeon-seung has the details.<br />The South Korean government on Sunday announced its new five-stage social distancing measures.<br />"We are dividing the social distancing rules further... from three levels into five... to better reflect reality. We are also redesigning our disease prevention measures in a tailored fashion,... to make them more effective."<br />The five-level system will take effect from Saturday, November 7th.<br />The government will take into account the weekly average of daily COVID-19 cases to decide which level of social distancing measures will apply.<br />Level one social distancing measures apply on a regional basis if the daily average is below 100 cases in the capital area, or below 30 in other regions.<br />If there are more than 100 daily cases on average in the capital region, the rules will be raised a notch to level 1-point-5.<br />If there are over 300 cases nationally, the whole country will be put under level 2 measures.<br />400 to 500 national cases will prompt level 2-point-5 measures.<br />And between 800 and 1-thousand daily cases will result in level 3 measures.<br />The new measures also intend to provide some relief to local businesses that have been suffering the most due to the pandemic.<br />For example, PC rooms had previously been categorized as a high-risk facility, and under level 2-point-5 rules, they were forced to temporarily shut down.<br />The new measures separate facilities into those that need intensive monitoring, and those that require normal monitoring.<br />PC rooms are categorized as the latter, so they are now allowed to operate even under level 2-point-five, just not after 9 PM.<br />And under level 2 measures, PC rooms can fully operate as long as they have barriers between the seats and visitors wear masks indoors.<br />Kim Yeon-seung, Arirang News<br /><br />
