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Seoul City has banned eating after 9pm at all city convenience stores on the 1st. This is a measure to prevent citizens from rushing to convenience stores instead of bars and restaurants. where store meals are restricted after 9 pm Accordingly, if the ‘Honbapjok’ convenience store cannot eat all the rice by 8:59 pm, they should pack up and go home to eat.
In a briefing on the coronavirus infection on Day 1, Park Yoomi, director of the city’s Citizen Health Office, said, “Convenience stores are mostly general restaurants or breakout restaurants, so eat in Convenience stores and outdoor seating is prohibited after 9pm. ” Earlier on the 31st of last month, the convenience store industry such as GS25, CU, 7-Eleven, and E-Mart 24 advised store owners to “ not operate eating spaces in metropolitan area stores for the time from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day ” according to distance-keeping measures. But the city of Seoul completely banned it. The city of Seoul also plans to conduct on-site inspections for convenience stores.
Since last month 30, the government applied step 2 of reinforced social distancing in the metropolitan area (Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi). Consequently, restaurants in the metropolitan area from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. the following day were prohibited from eating in stores. However, there are no clear guidelines for convenience stores, so some convenience stores prohibited eating and drinking in and out of the store, while others allowed ramen and lunch boxes to be eaten at tables outside. According to the Seoul Metropolitan Government, 8,000 of the 11,000 convenience stores in Seoul are registered as break restaurants. An official from Seoul explained, “Convenience stores have decided to ban eating after 9pm, as well as the 8,000 stores registered as break restaurants, considering the fact that convenience stores play a role similar to that of convenience stores. restaurants”.
The quarantine authorities also announced that eating in convenience stores is not allowed beyond 9 a.m. that day. Yoon Tae-ho, head of public health policy at the Ministry of Health and Welfare (Ministry of Welfare, Accident Control Headquarters), said in a briefing on the day: “Large convenience stores have a corner that prepares and sells food, and is reported as a ‘restaurant’. After 9 o’clock, only packing and delivery are allowed, and food cannot be eaten inside convenience stores. “
However, it is possible to cook food by pouring water or turning on the microwave in a convenience store even after 9 pm At the briefing, Mr. Yun explained that “there is a difficult aspect in limiting the act of pouring water into a cup. of noodles or distribute food in the microwave “, and” this case is not interpreted as a rest restaurant even in the related laws. .
He said, “It is possible to cook after 9pm, but we ask that you refrain from eating at the convenience store as much as possible.”
Consequently, the Honbap family, who eat alone at a convenience store in Seoul, cannot eat from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the next day. However, some pointed out: “Does the corona spread only after 9pm?” “24-hour eating should be prohibited.”
Kim Woo-joo, professor of infectious medicine at Korea University Guro Hospital, said: “The risk of infection inevitably increases due to the nature of eating behavior when removing the mask. However, the virus does not spread with the time. It fits into quarantine. “
