<Anchor> From

yesterday (30th), the 2.5 step distance between Seoul and the metropolitan area was implemented. Restaurants and pubs were only available for packaging and delivery after 9 p.m. To prevent the so-called balloon effect, the city of Seoul ordered restrictions on stalls and food trucks as well.

Reporter Kim Sang-min went out to downtown Seoul last night.

<Reporter> This

is a restaurant area in Wangsimni, Seoul last night.

It seems that the place that would have been crowded on holiday evenings was due to the aftermath of the coronavirus.

Even the customers in the restaurant were counted.

I walked into a bar about 10 minutes before 9pm, the closing time limit.

Customers trying to enter the store had to turn around and

[sorry. Please come next time.] The

waitresses looked for tables and announced that they were closed.

[Because we are until 9 o'clock today... . (Yes, I have to get up. I want to get up in 5 minutes.)] I left the

seats one by one, and at 9:02, the inside of the store was empty.

From 9 p.m., the Seoul Metropolitan Government, the police, and public health centers began joint inspections of the restaurants around Wangsimni.

Merchants were generally convinced of the strengthened quarantine measures, but they couldn't hide the clutter of half-splinter sales.

[Merchant: I've been in business for 19 years, and I'm a person who says (business is good), but this is the first time like today. It's a woman who went well even during the IMF, which was more difficult than this.]

The Seoul Metropolitan Government has ordered food stalls, street shops, and food trucks to limit gatherings after 9 p.m., considering that if restaurants and taverns are closed, people may be crowded.