Minister of Health and Welfare Kwon Deok-cheol and Minister of Public Administration and Security Jeon Jeon-cheol attended a meeting of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters for Corona 19 at the Seoul Government Complex in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 16th to listen to Prime Minister Jeong Segyun’s remarks.
The government has decided to extend the current social distancing stage (the 2.5th stage in the metropolitan area, the second stage in the non-metropolitan area) and the ban on meetings with more than 5 people for two weeks from the 18th. Instead, eating and drinking are allowed in cafe stores, and businesses such as karaoke rooms and ski resort facilities that were banned from gatherings are also allowed.
Deputy Head of the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters Kwon Deok-cheol (Minister of Health and Welfare) said in a regular briefing held on the morning of the 16th. Under the premise of strict compliance with quarantine rules, eating and drinking in the store is allowed until 9 pm.”
“In restaurants and cafes with a facility permit/reporting area of 50m2 or more, a table or seat is allowed to use only 50% of the seats in the store. If this is difficult to observe, a distance of 1m between tables or partitions must be installed.” He emphasized.
In addition, it is mandatory to wear a mask when not ingesting food, and measures will be implemented to impose a fine of not more than 100,000 won in case of violating this.
The government also decided to lift the ban on groupings such as direct sales promotion halls, indoor sports facilities, academies, singing practice centers, and indoor standing performance halls, such as door-to-door sales in the metropolitan area, and resume operation. Deputy Deputy General Kwon emphasized, “In these facilities, it is a rule to limit the number of people to use per 8m2 of facility permission and report area, and the number of people available for each facility must be posted on the door, etc.”
Deputy Deputy General Kwon also explained, “In ski resorts all over the country, groups such as restaurants and cafes located in ski resorts have been banned from gathering, but the ban on gatherings has been lifted and can be operated under the quarantine rules.”
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