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Today (13th) morning on the way to work was very difficult because of the cold, but at lunch it was inconvenient because of Corona. On the first day, when restaurants and cafes needed quarantine passes, during lunchtime, when people were in full swing, the vaccination verification system did not work in many places. According to the changed guidelines, stores that do not follow the quarantine pass properly from today had to pay a fine.



First, reporter Jeong Da-eun covered the first day.



<Reporter> During



lunch, the restaurant staff asks customers to verify the vaccination QR code.



However, after trying for a while, the authentication app doesn't work, and both guests and staff panic.



[(What should I do?) Uh… Do you use any other apps?]



On the first day of the expansion of the quarantine pass, there were many cases in restaurants and cafes where the QR code for proof of vaccination did not appear or access to the system itself was denied.



[Lee Seung-won/Customer: I use Naver to check the QR right away, but even if I just turn the data off and on, it doesn't work, so I just try KakaoTalk.



I tried it, but it

didn't work.] The

quarantine authorities apologized for temporarily overloading the KT DS Cloud Center, where the government's inoculation certificate server is located.



It is presumed that the number of connections on the first day of the quarantine pass was higher than usual, but the error was gradually resolved late in the afternoon.



[Koh Jae-young / Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Spokesperson: We apologize for the inconvenience caused to you using the electronic access list or the Kub app. In the case of the Kub server, we are discussing with related organizations to improve the function.] The



facilities that apply the quarantine pass are the existing 5 industries such as entertainment establishments and singing practice areas, and 11 businesses including restaurants, cafes, private institutes, reading rooms, and PC rooms.



Violation of the guidelines will result in a fine of up to 100,000 won for users and at least 1.5 million won for facility operators.



4 or more violations may result in facility closure.



[Cafe owner: It's cumbersome, but I keep taking orders... Some people feel bad about the lack of publicity. You took the QR (QR) picture in front, but why are you checking it again?]



Some industries are complaining of difficulties, saying that it is necessary to have a separate person to check the vaccination certificate.



(Video coverage: Oh Young-chun, Video editing: Kim Jong-tae, VJ: Oh Se-gwan)



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As you can see, there was confusion in various places during the day, but how is it now? Reporter Jung Da-eun, who reported earlier, is going out to a place that is visited by a lot of people. I will connect you to the site.



Reporter Jeong Da-eun, it's the first day, so there are a lot of things to improve on. How was it in the evening?



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Yes, I am at a restaurant in Sinchon, Seoul.



Here, from the entrance, you can see the waiters waiting to check the quarantine pass of the guests.



I just came here and tried to access the vaccination certificate app, and now it works without any problems.



However, from the first day of this quarantine pass mandatory, there was a connection error, which caused confusion in various parts of the site.



In particular, self-employed people complained of inconvenience as it was prohibited to write handwritten lists from today at facilities that apply the quarantine pass.



[Kim Jin-won/Restaurant Management: During lunch and dinner hours, we are also busy carrying food and clearing tables, but it is difficult to check each one. I made a handwritten list, and customers wrote and checked it and entered, but I don't know what to do from today... .] The



quarantine authorities said a while ago that they would postpone the mandatory quarantine pass for one day from tomorrow at 00:00.



This is a measure considering the difficulty in operating the quarantine pass in some restaurants and cafes due to the error in the quarantine pass system that occurred today.



No fines will be imposed on users and facilities cracked down today for violating the quarantine pass.



In other words, the official quarantine pass will be mandatory and crackdown will take place from 00:00 tomorrow.



In addition, businesses that only manage entry and exit through the handwritten list will undergo a guidance period until the 19th and intensively inspect from the 20th.



(Video coverage: Seol Min-hwan, video editing: Park Ji-in)