South Korea lifted the indoor mask order after 27 months, excluding some high-risk places

　　China News Service, January 30. According to Yonhap News Agency, the South Korean government has lifted the obligation to wear masks indoors from the 30th local time, except for some high-risk places such as public transportation and medical institutions.

Data map: Posters of South Korea's previous measures to prevent the new crown virus.

　　According to the South Korean Central Disaster Safety Countermeasures Headquarters, the government only recommends that people wear masks indoors from the same day, and it is no longer mandatory.

As a result, South Korea's "mask order" was fully lifted after more than 27 months.

　　According to the new regulations, people can take off their masks in public gathering places such as large supermarkets, department stores, shopping centers, schools at all levels, cram schools and other educational facilities.

There is no need to wear masks in public transportation stations, sports facilities, nursing homes and other places.

Indoor "mask orders" will continue to be maintained in hospitals and high-risk facilities, but masks will not be mandatory in single patient rooms and private spaces.

　　Places that will continue to maintain the obligation to wear masks indoors include: medical institutions, pharmacies, high-risk places, and public transportation vehicles.

Among them, high-risk places include nursing facilities, mental health facilities, welfare facilities for the disabled, etc.; public transportation includes subways, buses, trains, passenger ships, chartered cars, taxis, and flights.

　　The South Korean epidemic prevention department allows local governments and facilities to formulate their own guidelines and continue to maintain the indoor mask order, but institutions should inform the public to avoid confusion.

　　In addition, the South Korean epidemic prevention department also strongly recommends wearing masks in the following 5 situations: people with symptoms of new crown infection or contact with people with suspected symptoms; high-risk groups of new crowns or contact with high-risk groups; people diagnosed with new crowns in the past two weeks When in close contact with people; in "three secrets" (closed, dense, close) places; when in crowded places where there are behaviors that generate droplets such as shouting, chorus, and dialogue.