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quarantine authorities have decided to extend the current social distancing phase by two more weeks until the 5th of next month. There are some changes. In the 4th level area, restaurants and cafes are open until 9 pm, an hour earlier than now. Instead, after 6 p.m., up to 4 people, including those who have received the vaccine, can gather.



Reporter Park Soo-jin.



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biggest change is the opening hours of restaurants and cafes in the metropolitan area and some non-metropolitan areas such as Busan and Jeju.



The in-store business, which is currently until 10 p.m., will be shortened by 1 hour from Monday to 9 p.m. next week.



Other multi-use facilities such as the singing practice area, indoor sports facilities, and PC rooms remain the same until 10 pm.



[Sohn Young-rae / Head of Social Strategy Team, Central Accident Remediation Headquarters: Restaurants and cafes account for about a third of (group infection). Due to the nature of this industry, it is fundamentally impossible to keep wearing a mask.]



Instead, some vaccination incentives were revived only for restaurants and cafes.



After 6 pm, up to 2 people can gather, but if 2 people who have completed the inoculation join, the group can meet up to 4 people.



One dose of the Janssen vaccine and two doses of the other vaccines take 2 weeks to complete.



As of yesterday (19th), 11.1 million people have completed the second dose.



[Lee Ki-il / Central Disaster and Safety Countermeasures Headquarters 1st Controller: There are many difficulties for small business owners and economic difficulties. Taking these people into account, the number of people vaccinated is limited to 4 people.]



Like restaurants, in convenience stores, after 9 pm in level 4 and after 10 pm in level 3, both inside and outside tables are prohibited.



In indoor smoking rooms, keep a 2m distance, and if it is difficult to keep it, only one person should use it.



Workers in facilities where group infections frequently occur, such as indoor sports facilities and public baths, must undergo a preemptive inspection once every two weeks in the 4th level area.



The quarantine authorities considered extending the current distance by four weeks, but considering the overlap with the start of the Chuseok holiday, we decided to extend it by two weeks first, then decide again after seeing the epidemic situation.



(Video coverage: Kim Min-cheol, Video editing: Park Jin-hoon, CG: Kang Yu-ra)  



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