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To prevent the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Korea, gatherings of five or more people will be completely banned in restaurants across the country from the 24th.
It is strongly recommended to cancel several private meetings with more than 5 people across the country, but the restaurant is mandatory, therefore a fine is imposed for infringement. Aside from central government measures, all private gatherings in the Seoul, Gyeonggi and Incheon metropolitan areas are also banned rather than canceled.
In addition, facilities for winter sports such as ski resorts, snow toboggan runs, and skating rinks are also suspended, and tourist attractions such as Gangneung Jeongdongjin, Ulsan Ganjeolgot, Pohang Homigot, and Seoul’s Namsan Park are also closed.
This measure will be applied at the national level until 12:00 pm on January 3 of next year, and each local government cannot alleviate it alone.
The Central Headquarters for Security and Disaster Countermeasures (Company) announced on the 22nd that it will implement such “ special quarantine measures ” through periodic information sessions.
Tae-ho Yoon, head of quarantine at Accident Control Headquarters, said: “Considering the characteristics of the end of the year and New Year holidays in a situation where the trend of increasing patients is not reversing, it is necessary strengthen quarantine for high-risk facilities, Christmas and New Years gatherings, travel, etc. “He explained.
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◇ There are no meetings with more than 5 people in the restaurant… Closing of the party room
First, the script prohibited gatherings of five or more people in restaurants across the country. It is also forbidden to make a reservation for 5 or more people or accompany 5 or more people to the restaurant. If violated, a fine of 3 million won or less is imposed on the operator and 100,000 won or less on the user.
However, people who reside in the same place for the resident registration, as family members, are excluded from this measure.
In addition to the restaurant, the script strongly recommended that private gatherings, dinners and parties with 5 or more people be canceled. The “party room”, which is frequently used as a meeting and party venue, had to come to a complete stop.
The script also banned movie theaters across the country after 9 pm in order to minimize gatherings for movies and performances. In the case of movie theaters, it is also necessary to ‘lay one space’, and in the case of the concert hall, ‘two spaces outside’.
◇ There are no meetings of leisure facilities in winter, tourist places at sunrise are closed
The script also banned the operation of winter sports facilities. There are 16 ski resorts across the country, 35 ice rinks, and 128 snow sledding sites.
Tourist attractions and public parks such as Gangneung Jeongdongjin, Ulsan Ganjeolgot, Pohang Homigot, and Seoul’s Namsan Park were also closed for sunrise and sunset viewing.
In addition, to minimize travel / tourism and movement between regions, reservations for accommodation facilities such as resorts, hotels, guesthouses, and agricultural and fishing villages are limited to 50% of rooms. You cannot accommodate guests who exceed the capacity of the room.
It was also recommended to prohibit the end of the year and New Year parties organized by accommodation establishments, and to prohibit those celebrated by individuals.
Quarantine rules were also tightened for 302 department stores and 433 hypermarkets, which can be crowded with users shopping for gifts during the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Specifically, to make it mandatory to control the heat when entering and minimize the situation of removing the mask, the tasting, tasting and use of samples were prohibited. Additionally, steps were taken to suspend guest events and prohibit the use of breakout areas such as lounges and chairs.
◇ Remote conversion of religious activity … Mandatory diagnostic tests of hospitals and nursing facilities.
In the case of religious facilities, the 2.5 steps of ‘social distancing’ applied in the metropolitan area will be applied to the entire country. Consequently, regular worship, mass and court gatherings should not be held face to face, and gatherings and meals hosted by religious facilities are prohibited.
Along with this, the script also called for periodic preventive inspections of workers in order to suppress group infections in vulnerable facilities such as nursing care, psychiatric hospitals and religious facilities as much as possible. In the case of the workers of the facilities, they must undergo diagnostic tests of PCR (genetic amplification) every week in the metropolitan area and every two weeks in the areas outside the capital, and it was also decided to promote a plan to expand the test once or twice a week using rapid antigen tests.
In addition, the access of outsiders to the interior of the facility was controlled and private meetings of the facility workers were also prohibited.
In addition, the script will carry out intensive on-site inspections for high-risk workplaces, such as areas where foreign workers are concentrated and call centers.
This special quarantine reinforcement measure is applied systematically throughout the country. The script explained that each local government could not alleviate this on its own.
“This measure will cause inconvenience to many people, such as restrictions on the use of facilities or cancellation of hotel reservations, but it is unavoidable for quarantine,” Yun said. “For facilities that are suspended or restricted in operation, we will immediately discuss support measures with the relevant ministries. It will be prepared and implemented.”
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