“We will hold a meeting with the government. Yun Ho-jung as the chief director and Lee Hak-young and Kim Min-seok as deputy directors. On Wednesday, the ruling party’s election committee said it will be transforming its COVID-19 situation room into an emergency headquarters, appointing Floor Leader Rep.
When Lee visited traditional markets on several occasions in the provinces of Jeolla and Gyeongsang as part of his regional canvassing, onlookers, supporters and party officials also crowded around the candidate. Similar sights of the candidates leading large crowds of people are being re-created repeatedly, as they go around to greet people outside, without any prior processes to check whether those there are vaccinated. In front of a Christmas tree installed in a park, he held a selfie event to take pictures with supporters, with a long line forming of people waiting. It reportedly took about 20 minutes to walk through some 400 meters, and supporters were seen chanting Yoon’s name. While party officials at the site held signs such as “social distancing in place,” “COVID-19 warning, no handshakes,” it could not stop people from crowding around the candidate. That was the same day the number of daily patients recorded over 7,000 for the first time. 8, a crowd of supporters, bystanders and reporters jammed the street of Daehakro in Seoul as Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, went to greet residents and students in the region. Yoon Suk-yeol, the presidential candidate of the main opposition People Power Party, greets people on Daehakro in Jongno, Seoul, on Dec. Lee took the COVID-19 test Tuesday, after the official had been tested positive. He visited Boramae Medical Center, where COVID-19 patients are treated, Wednesday.Īs political parties from across the aisle are criticizing the incumbent government’s handling of the virus spread, concerns are being raised over the door-to-door electioneering of the candidates themselves.Īs for the ruling party candidate, he had come into contact with a regional party official who tested positive Saturday when he visited North Gyeongsang Province in a four-day regional canvassing trip.
Lee had called off scheduled activities on the previous day. On Wednesday, the ruling Democratic Party of Korea’s presidential candidate Lee Jae-myung tested negative for COVID-19, after having come into contact with an infected person over the weekend. The election campaigns of presidential candidates are raising concerns for further fanning the pandemic, as large crowds flock to candidates’ public appearances. Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the ruling Democratic Party of Korea, gives his autograph to a supporter while canvassing in a traditional market in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, Monday.
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