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S. Korean PM warns of tough action for ignoring distancing rules
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IANS | 24 Nov, 2020
Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun on Tuesday urged public servants to
maintain the utmost level of readiness against COVID-19, warning those
who contract the virus by not complying with distancing rules will face
grave disciplinary measures.
"In cases of slack discipline in the
public sector, such as cases where public office workers test positive
by not complying with antivirus measures, we will gravely seek
disciplinary measures," Chung said during a Cabinet meeting at the
government complex in Seoul, Yonhap news agency reported.
Chung
noted that the year-end holiday period is when the public sector could
fall prey to weaker discipline, especially from the accumulated fatigue
over dealing with the pandemic throughout the year.
The prime
minister ordered the public sector to actively adopt at-home remote work
and refrain from holding in-person meetings, business trips and
after-hour gatherings among co-workers.
Chung also reminded
officials to mobilize full disease-control capacities to ensure next
month's nationwide College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) is held
safely.
"(CSAT) isn't simply just a college entrance exam but a
major national event during which essentially the entire people,
including test takers and their families, anxiously root and pray for
(test takers)," said Chung.
The education ministry announced last
week that it will closely monitor cram schools and other business
establishments used by young students to see whether they operate under
strict antivirus measures until the end of the CSAT slated for December
3.
More than 490,000 high school students and others plan to take the exam simultaneously at designated places across the country.
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