The health authorities are scheduled to announce on the 2nd whether to extend social distancing phase 2.5 (second phase for non-metropolitan areas) and the period of special quarantine measures during the year-end and New Year holidays. As the current action ends on the 3rd, it is necessary to decide whether to extend it before that. However, even before the official announcement of the health authorities was made, some local governments posted and deleted promotional materials for “renewing distance”.
A promotional material related to the “distance re-extending” posted on the Instagram of Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do on the 31st of last month [사진 독자 제공]
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Hwaseong-si promoted’re-extension’ “sorry for confusion”
– On the 31st of last month, two days before the announcement date announced by the health authorities, Hwaseong-si, Gyeonggi-do, posted a promotional material titled’Extending the distance to the metropolitan area’ on its official Instagram. The poster said, “The 2.5 steps of special quarantine + social distancing will be extended until January 24,” and “Please cancel meetings or appointments.” In addition, information categorized by industry such as’no grouping’, ’21:00 business suspension’, and’only packaging and delivery allowed’ were separated by graphic editing. Hwaseong City, which hastily deleted the promotional material, posted an apology on the afternoon of this afternoon saying, “We apologize for the confusion,” and “We will raise the situation through the official announcement of the government this weekend.”
Citizens have doubts about “Isn’t it decided on the 24th?”
– One citizen who only commented on the apology asked, “I have written down all the detailed instructions,” and “Is you putting off the announcement to play the media after you have already set everything in the script?” Declaring himself self-employed, he wrote, “If you announce in advance, you can save on administrative expenses.” Another citizen also pointed out that “I pretend to discuss it after setting it all up,” and “the itinerary that was sown (in the local government) is already going around.” Some citizens said they saw a text message similar to the content of the poster. Jeong Mo (29), who lives in Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, said, “I saw the message that it will be extended until the 24th in other places.”
![Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun attending the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting in response to Corona 19 held at the Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 27th. [중앙포토]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202101/01/338db748-a716-4561-bfc0-3eab511dcdb1.jpg?w=900&ssl=1)
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Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun attending the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters meeting in response to Corona 19 held at the Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 27th. [중앙포토]
– Regarding this, Sung Dong-gyu, a professor of media communication at Chung-Ang University, pointed out that “the government should be a safeguard against citizens from fake news or inaccurate information. In addition, Kang Seung-gu, a professor at the Department of Media and Visual Science, Korea National Broadcasting University, said, “Citizens who cannot predict the next few days may feel anxious.” You have to keep sending it,” he said.
Health authorities “we will announce on the 2nd”
– As of 0 o’clock on the first day of the new year, the number of new coronavirus infections (Corona 19) per day was 1029. The average of December 25-31 last year reached 1,000. On the 31st of last month, the Central Accident Recovery Headquarters said, “We have not yet seen the trend of the 3rd epidemic decreasing. We will announce the results of the review on the 2nd.”
Reporter Kyung-Hyun Kyung-Hyun [email protected]
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