The government has decided to extend the current social distancing stage (the 2.5th stage in the metropolitan area and the 2nd stage in the non-metropolitan area) by two weeks, and keep the ban on meetings with more than 5 people and restrictions on business after 9pm. However, multi-use facilities such as gyms, karaoke rooms, and academies are conditionally allowed to operate, and the operation of cafes and religious facilities is also relaxed.
Prime Minister Chung Sye-gyun presided over a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters at the Seoul Government Complex on the 16th and announced the policy to adjust the distance.
Prime Minister Chung said, “The multi-use facilities such as health clubs and academy singing practice centers that had to be closed will resume operation under the condition of applying strict quarantine rules.”
He added, “The places where there were many opinions that the quarantine standards were excessive, such as cafes and religious facilities, are reasonably supplemented.”
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