정총리 "방역수칙 위반해 감역확산시 구상권 청구"

As South Korea adds another 38 new COVID-19 cases today, 33 of which in the Greater Seoul area, officials are calling for tougher penalties for noncompliance with coronavirus precautionary measures.
Hong Yoo reports.
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun Tuesday ordered government ministers to "proactively" consider charging COVID-19 treatment and disinfecting fees to places that have violated quarantine measures.
Speaking at an emergency cabinet meeting Tuesday morning, Chung warned that places not abiding by the quarantine measures put in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 in metropolitan areas, will face consequences.
"Some work places have let employees showing symptoms come to work without their masks on, causing more than 100 people to catch the virus. Such acts not only dispirit the government's and citizens' efforts but also threaten the safety of society."
In the government's daily COVID-19 briefing Tuesday, it said that among the three-hundred-49 newly confirmed patients in June, three-hundred-13 were community transmissions. And three-hundred-three cases are from in and around the capital area - almost 97-percent of total community transmissions.
"Considering that many metropolitan areas are densely populated and with a large, floating population, we could face a pandemic level of transmission if we cannot prevent community transmissions early."
35 out of the 38 newly confirmed cases reported Tuesday came from metropolitan areas such as Seoul, Gyeonggi-do Province and Incheon.
The government has urged citizens to avoid enclosed, indoor facilities and asks for their cooperation in cutting off the 'chain of transmission'.
It added that safety levels of metropolitan areas depends on how successfully citizens cut the chain of transmission this week.
Hong Yoo, Arirang News.