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you received a happy new year?

From Monday after the holiday season, social distancing goes down one step at a time.

In the metropolitan area where Phase 2 applies, the opening hours of restaurants, bars and cafes are increased by 1 hour from 9 pm to 10 pm.

However, it has decided to keep the ban on private gatherings of 5 or more people common across the country.



Today (13th) News, reporter Kim Deok-Hyun starts.



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the 15th to the 28th, restaurants and cafes in the metropolitan area will be open until 10pm for two weeks.



Indoor sports facilities and singing practice areas are also open until 10pm.



Over 480,000 facilities in the metropolitan area, such as PC cafes, movie theaters, and hypermarkets, are all lifted from the business hours.



As the non-metropolitan area was also eased to 1.5 steps, the operating time restrictions disappeared in almost all industries.



[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: Most of the self-employed, small business associations and organizations have requested a plan to allow more business instead of strict compliance with the quarantine rules.]



The maximum number of weddings and funerals in the metropolitan area is from 49 to 99 people. Stretches.



The quarantine authorities also allowed six entertainment facilities nationwide, such as clubs and hold'em pubs, which had been restricted to open for nearly three months, to open until 10:00 pm.



The restriction that only allowed two-thirds of the number of rooms to book accommodation is also removed.



The measure that sold only window seats for railroad tickets such as KTX will also be lifted.



On the other hand, the government has decided to keep the national ban on private gatherings of more than 5 people.



However, if you are a direct family member, we have decided to allow meetings of 5 or more people even if you do not live together.



In addition, the operation ban on saunas and steam facilities in the metropolitan area, where group infections are not endless, continues, and the nationwide door-to-door sales promotion office cannot be operated after 10pm.



Military personnel's vacation is allowed within 20% of the troops from the day after tomorrow.



The quarantine authorities emphasized that if the third outbreak re-proliferates after the easing measures, it will have to raise the distance again.



(Video coverage: Jung Seong-hwa·Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: So Ji-hye)