Wearing a mask is mandatory starting today … 100,000 won fine if not observed

Entry 2020.10.13 07:30

It is mandatory to wear a mask from day 13 to prevent coronavirus infection. If you do not wear a mask when entering public transportation such as the subway and buses, as well as karaoke rooms and academies (300+ people), you can be fined up to 100,000 won.

According to quarantine authorities, the administrative order requiring the use of a mask is applied differently depending on the level of social distancing and the risk of the facility. In the first stage of keeping the same distance as now, entertainment pubs, collages, danran pubs, emotional pubs, hunting tea, singing practice, indoor standing performance halls, indoor group movements, direct sales promotions, etc. ., large academies with 300 or more people, buffet restaurants, distribution The use of masks is mandatory in 12 high-risk facilities, such as distribution centers.

However, in the metropolitan area where the reinforced distancing step 1 (step 1.5) is applied, an academy with less than 300 people, an entertainment room, a general restaurant with more than 150㎡, a water park, a park of attractions, a vocational training institution, a study cafe, a religious facility, an indoor wedding hall, The use of masks is mandatory in performance halls, cinemas, baths (sauna), indoor sports facilities, multiple rooms (rooms DVD), funeral rooms and PC rooms.

There are places where you must wear a mask regardless of the distance. Public transportation, meeting (demonstration), medical institutions, nursing facilities, day and night protection facilities, etc.

The types of masks that can be used are masks for health, surgery and protection against splashes, such as KF94, KF80 and KF-AD, approved as ‘quasi-drugs’ by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. However, mesh-type and valve-type masks, scarves, and clothing are not acceptable to replace masks.

Even if you wear a mask, if you wear a mask on your chin or put a mask under your nose, you can be caught and fined. However, children under the age of 14, people with developmental disabilities who have difficulty wearing a mask themselves, and those who receive medical findings that breathing is difficult when wearing a mask are excluded from repression.

Washing and eating, medical treatment, swimming pools, baths, etc., in water or in the bathroom, actions that require showing a face and taking photographs are not regulated.

The quarantine authorities will implement the mandatory measures to wear masks according to the revised method of prevention of infectious diseases from this day, but a one-month orientation period has been decided. Subsequently, as of November 13, if an administrative order to wear a mask required wearing a mask in an area where it fell, a fine of up to 100,000 won was imposed.