Prime Minister Jeong Sye-gyun is all speaking at the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters Meeting in response to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) held at the government office of Sejong-daero, Jongno-gu, Seoul on the morning of the 13th. News 1
From the 15th, PC cafes and large marts in the metropolitan area will be open for 24 hours. In addition, in the case of non-metropolitan areas, the ban on operating bars and karaoke at 10:00 p.m. has been lifted. On the 13th, the Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasure Headquarters announced a plan to adjust the distance.
At a regular briefing on the day, Kwon Deok-cheol, the 1st deputy chief of the jungdaebon, said, “As the high-intensity distance is prolonged, social fatigue is increasing and the economy is becoming more difficult.” As the prolonged period of time, the difficulties of living for self-employed and small business owners intensify, and the distance is adjusted.”
According to the script, from 0 o’clock on the 15th to midnight on the 28th, for two weeks, the distance between the metropolitan area and the non-metropolitan area was lowered to two stages and 1.5 stages. According to this adjustment, the operating hours restrictions for the academies, reading rooms, and theaters (480,000) in the metropolitan area, and restaurants, cafes, and indoor sports facilities (520,000) in the non-metropolitan area will be lifted.
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First of all, in the case of the metropolitan area, the operating time limit for businesses (430,000 locations) restricted to operation at 9 pm, such as restaurants and cafes, was extended by one hour to 10 o’clock. The same applies to indoor sports facilities, karaoke rooms, door-to-door sales, and indoor standing performance halls. Intense GX programs such as Zumba, Taebo, spinning, and aerobics were also released. It can be operated until 10 o’clock.
As the non-metropolitan area is adjusted to step 1.5, the operating hours restrictions are lifted for multi-use facilities (about 520,000 places) such as restaurants, cafes, singing practice rooms, indoor standing performance halls, indoor sports facilities, and party rooms. However, the door-to-door sales promotion center will be closed after 10 pm.
However, the government decided to keep the ban on private meetings with more than 5 people. To curb the spread of the third epidemic, to reduce personal contact.
In addition, the ban on gatherings nationwide will be lifted for entertainment facilities (40,000 places) that have been banned for three months. If it is operated in compliance with the core quarantine rules to minimize risk, it is possible to operate until 10 pm.
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