From today, meetings of 5 or more immediate family members are allowed… Metropolitan area restaurants until 10:00 p.m.

Due to the’third pandemic’ of a new coronavirus infection in Korea (Corona 19), the high-intensity’social distancing’ measures that lasted for more than two months have been eased from the 15th.

This is a measure taking into account the national fatigue caused by a long distance and the extreme economic damage of self-employed and small business owners.

According to the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters on the 15th, the distance for COVID-19 quarantine has been lowered by one step from this day to step 2 in the metropolitan area from step 2.5 to step 2 in the non-metropolitan area.

As a result, the restrictions on business hours for about 1 million multi-use facilities nationwide have been completely lifted, and entertainment facilities that have been closed so far have been reopened.

The number of people who can attend weddings and funerals has increased, and quarantine rules related to daily life have been relaxed.

In addition, the ban on private gatherings of 5 or more people, which are considered to have contributed to blocking contact infection between individuals, was maintained, but an exception was applied to immediate family members. As a result, immediate family members can meet with five or more people at restaurants, even if they live in different places.

◇ Phase 2 of the metropolitan area, 480,000 facility opening hours limit lifted Restaurant and cafe until 10:00 p.m.

In the metropolitan area, where distance distancing was eased in two stages, the restrictions on business hours for multi-use facilities such as movie theaters, PC rooms, game rooms, amusement parks, academies, reading rooms, large marts, and beauty salons were completely lifted.

About 480,000 facilities in the metropolitan area have been lifted from the business hours.

However, in the case of the bathhouse business where group infections have occurred since October last year, the business continues, but the current policy prohibiting the operation of sauna and steam facilities remains the same.

The opening hours for restaurants and cafes have been delayed by an hour from 9 pm to 10 pm. After that, packaging and delivery are possible.

In addition, the opening hours of door-to-door sales promotion hall, singing practice hall, indoor standing performance hall, indoor sports facility, academy classroom, and party room were also increased to 10 pm.

The number of weddings and funerals is limited to less than 100 people. In the previous stage 2.5, only 50 people could gather.

Sports venues can receive spectators up to 10% of the capacity.

The number of people who can accommodate low-risk religious activities such as regular worship, worship, and mass has also increased to within 20% of the total number of seats (less than 10% for the 2.5th level).

◇ Step 1.5 in the non-metropolitan area, opening hours of 520,000 facilities including restaurants and cafes have been lifted

In the non-metropolitan area, which was lowered to 1.5 levels, restrictions on business hours for restaurants and cafes were also lifted. In addition, about 520,000 multi-use facilities, including singing practice halls, indoor standing performance halls, indoor sports facilities, and party rooms, are no longer subject to business hours.

However, the door-to-door sales promotion hall can be operated only after 10 pm.

Looking at the number of restrictions, etc., the number of people in the singing practice center and indoor sports facility is limited to 1 per 4㎡ (about 1.2 pyeong), and eating is prohibited.

Food intake is also restricted in bathrooms.

The number of participants is limited to less than 100 for assemblies, demonstrations, large-scale concerts, festivals, and academic events, but the same standards do not apply to exhibitions, exhibitions, and international conferences, and the number of participants is limited to one per 4㎡ of facility area.

Wedding and funeral halls can only accept one person per 4 square meters. If the number of participants exceeds 500, they must report and consult with the local government.

Meanwhile, 5 types of entertainment facilities nationwide, including entertainment pubs, danran pubs, sensational pubs, collages, and hunting pot tea, and’Hold’em Pub’ (a pub where you can play card games while drinking alcohol) are also open until 10 p.m. I can do it. Instead, the capacity is limited to one per 8㎡ (about 2.4 pyeong) of the facility area.

In addition to this, special quarantine measures, which were implemented during the year-end and New Year holidays and Lunar New Year holidays, were also adjusted apart from the distance.

For example, measures to allow accommodation reservations to only two-thirds of the number of rooms or to sell railroad tickets only for window seats have been lifted. SR, the operator of the Suseo Express Railway (SRT), has already expanded its seat sales to all seats from this day.

◇ Keep banning meetings with more than 5 people… Exceptions to immediate family members

Among these, the ban on private gatherings with more than 5 people will be maintained for the time being.

However, direct family members are not subject to the ban on private gatherings with more than 5 people, even if they live in different places.

Direct family members include grandparents, maternal grandparents, parents, sons and daughters-in-law, daughters and son-in-laws, grandchildren, and granddaughters, and do not include brothers and sisters.

Meanwhile, the government decided to strengthen penalties for facilities that violate the quarantine regulations.

Associations and organizations related to industries whose operating hours are extended or the group ban is lifted have decided to check and monitor their own compliance with quarantine regulations.

In particular, the government decided to implement the’One Strike Out’ system, which immediately gives an administrative order prohibiting collective gatherings for two weeks apart from imposing a fine for any violation of the quarantine regulations.

This distance adjustment plan will be applied until 12:00 pm on the 28th.

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