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To go to a restaurant these days, you need a quarantine pass. However, since it is mainly operated by QR codes, it is inconvenient for the elderly who are not used to smartphones. So, the government is promoting a plan that allows you to check the quarantine pass at a store with just one phone call.



This is an exclusive report by reporter Jeong Seong-jin.



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Long line for QR authentication.



Older guests entering with the help of concierge staff are noticed.



After the introduction of the quarantine pass, the elderly who have difficulty in QR authentication are reluctant to go out.



We have reached the point of sharing restaurant information that allows you to eat without a quarantine pass.



[Lee Ho-seok / Jongno-gu, Seoul: First, the crampiest thing is not being able to go to the bathroom. I search for such a house (restaurant), a house I can enter.]



It's just as difficult for the business owner.



It is difficult to check each QR code in a store run by yourself, so it is easy to buy complaints from customers.



[Single restaurant owner: It takes a lot of time and customers seem to complain a lot of inconvenience as they have to check both access and quarantine pass at the same time.]



Access registration with one phone call There were complaints about why there is no quarantine pass function in the safe call.



Some municipalities have moved quickly.



From the end of last month, Goyang City started a service that automatically replies to a text message whether or not to vaccinate against the vaccine reservation phone number registered at the public health center when a relief call is received.



[Kwon Seongdae/Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do: I will text you how many times I have been vaccinated, so if I just show it to the boss, it’s easy…

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[Yoon Hee-jun/Restaurant Operation: Time is convenient and method is convenient, so it is very helpful.]



Satisfaction was high, but the quarantine authorities opposed the introduction, saying that the personal information verification procedure was omitted and the accuracy was low.



However, as the number of local governments promoting the introduction increased one by one, as voices criticizing confusion within the government grew, it was confirmed that the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had set an internal policy to promote the introduction of the safe call quarantine pass as a condition of adding a personal authentication procedure.



The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon announce the introduction method and procedure.



(Video coverage: Kim Gyun-jong, Park Jin-ho, Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)