The South Korean government divided the plan into "two phases" and considered whether to lift the wearing of masks indoors.

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(Associated Press)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] As the domestic epidemic situation in South Korea is gradually slowing down, the South Korean government announced that it will consider whether to lift the wearing of masks indoors in accordance with the recommendations of public health experts, and plans to divide it into "two phases" to gradually lift the ban, the first phase In order to force the wearing of masks indoors to persuasion, it will be implemented around the Lunar New Year next year at the earliest.

According to "Yonhap News Agency", on November 23, the South Korean government discussed and planned the lifting of the indoor mask order at the meeting of the Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, and discussed issues such as meeting the standards and time points for lifting the ban in accordance with South Korea's epidemic prevention instructions.

The South Korean government stated that the removal of indoor masks should be divided into "two stages of implementation", first to observe whether it is a "three dense environment" (close contact, dense, closed), and whether to give priority to protecting groups at high risk of infection.

However, social welfare institutions such as public transportation, nursing homes, and medical institutions are excluded from the first phase of lifting the ban. Whether supermarkets are included in the scope of unblocking still needs further discussion.

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In this regard, many people related to South Korea's epidemic prevention and health authorities believe that the South Korean government should give priority to excluding some indoor facilities before and after the first phase of unblocking around the Lunar New Year next year, and then fully lift the indoor mask order.

In addition, some other experts said that with the recent increase in the number of confirmed cases in South Korea, the timing of lifting the indoor mask order should be changed according to the epidemic situation, and it may not be completely unblocked now.