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Many of you must have postponed the year-end meeting due to social distancing, but the New Year's meeting will not be easy for the time being. The quarantine authorities announced today (31st) that they will extend the current distance by two weeks until January 16 and additionally apply the quarantine pass to department stores and large marts.



For more details, reporter Kim Deok-hyun will tell you.



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You can enter a large mart in Seoul after registering for entry by phone or QR code authentication.



After ten days, the process of checking the quarantine pass will be added.



The government decided to apply the quarantine pass to department stores and large marts, which had raised concerns about equity in 16 industries.



Excluding small supermarkets and convenience stores, about 2,000 stores nationwide with an area of ​​more than 3,000 square meters are eligible.



If you are not inoculated, you will need a PCR negative confirmation.



On the other hand, movie theaters and concert halls are somewhat relaxed.



We have changed from open until 10 p.m. to 9 p.m., but the business hours must not exceed midnight.



[Kwon Deok-cheol/Minister of Health and Welfare: Considering the fact that there is a big setback in operation due to the 2-3 hour screening or performance time, wearing a mask, and the low risk.]



Except for this, limited business hours at 9 or 10 pm and private gatherings 4 name is maintained.



The current social distancing will be extended two more weeks until the 16th of next month.



The number of new confirmed cases has fallen to 4,000 in three days, but quarantine indicators such as the number of severe cases and deaths, which are around 1,000 on the 11th day, are still unsettling.



[Kim Bu-gyeom/Prime Minister: We need to expand the hospital beds enough to cover 10,000 confirmed cases a day, and speed up the third and adolescent vaccinations.] The



government will gradually release quarantine measures when the quarantine situation stabilizes in two weeks .

We decided to seriously consider the plan.



From next week, the quarantine pass will also have an expiration date of 6 months after the completion of vaccination.



In order to have the quarantine pass validated, information must be updated so that the blue border and the elapsed date after the second vaccination are displayed on the KCDC apps, such as Kub, Naver, and Kakao.



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Lee So-young, VJ: Shin So-young)