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| On the 6th, a ski resort in Chuncheon, Gangwon-do. /News1 © News1 Reporter Min Kyung-seok |
The government banned private gatherings with more than 5 people from 0 o’clock on the 24th. In addition, movie theaters nationwide will stop operating from 9 pm, and winter sports facilities such as ski resorts and sledding areas will be closed all day. These measures will be applied consistently across the country until 12:00 p.m. on January 3, next year. The metropolitan area cannot hold private meetings with more than 5 people from 0 o’clock on the 23rd in accordance with the administrative order of local governments.
On the 22nd, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters announced measures to strengthen quarantine during the year-end and New Year holidays.
Accordingly, the government strongly recommended the cancellation of private meetings, dinners, and parties with five or more people. Meetings of 5 or more people are prohibited in restaurants.
To this end, it is prohibited to make a reservation with 5 or more people or to enter the restaurant with 5 or more people. If this is violated, a fine of 3 million won or less to the operator and 100,000 won or less to the user is imposed. However, people residing in the same place for resident registration such as family members are excluded.
‘Party rooms’ frequently used as venues for individual meetings and parties are prohibited from gathering.
In order to minimize meetings and meetings to watch movies and performances together, movie theaters across the country will stop operating after 9 pm and have one seat open. In the case of performance halls, two spaces are carried out according to the existing 2.5 steps.
We will also strengthen quarantine rules for department stores and large marts where users may be crowded for shopping, such as purchasing gifts during Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
It is mandatory to check the heat when entering and exit, and to minimize the situation where the mask is removed, tasting, tasting, and use of samples are prohibited.
In order to minimize the amount of time a user stays, the use of rest spaces, such as lounges and chairs, is prohibited in order to stop attracting events where many people may be crowded.
Winter sports facilities such as ski resorts, snow sledding rinks, and skating rinks used by many people in winter are prohibited nationwide. There are 16 ski resorts nationwide, 35 ice rink sites, and 128 snow sledding sites.
This is a measure that takes into account the increase in the risk of infection due to the recent outbreak of group infection in Gangwon-do ski resorts and the increased demand for tourism and travel to use winter sports facilities such as ski resorts during the holiday season.
In order to minimize travel, tourism, and movement between regions, reservations for accommodation facilities such as resorts, hotels, guesthouses, and farming and fishing villages are limited to within 50% of the rooms, and no more than 50% of the rooms can be accommodated.
In addition, it is strongly recommended that parties hosted by individuals within the lodging facility be prohibited, and New Year events and parties organized by lodging facilities are prohibited.
Accordingly, in the case of accommodations where more than 50% of the reservations have already been made, or where reservations exceeding the number of rooms have occurred, it is necessary to inform the users of the reservation cancellation procedure and refund policy, and adjust the reservation within 50%.
In order to see the sunrise and sunset, major tourist attractions and national and public parks visited by many visitors during the year-end and New Year are scheduled to be closed, and access to visitors will be restricted. Gangneung Jeongdongjin, Ulsan Ganjeolgot, Pohang Homigot, and Seoul Namsan Park.
The script urged, “Christmas and year-end and New Year meetings and trips can be a spark of another large-scale spread, so cancel meetings, appointments and travel plans, stay at home, and have a safe holiday.”