PM instructs changes to virus distancing rules to address negative opinions

Seoul (South Korea), February 4: Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Thursday instructed officials to revamp the nation's social distancing scheme against COVID-19 once again to allow better public receptiveness, citing negative opinions toward its coercive aspects.
In an interagency meeting on the COVID-19 response held at the government complex in Seoul, Chung told authorities to reorganize the current distancing rules under the assumption that "the public is involved" in the process.
South Korea first adopted a three-tier national distancing scheme against the pandemic in June of last year and later expanded it into a five-tier system that also allowed region-specific measures in November.
Source: Yonhap